overstraitly
English
Etymology
overstrait + -ly
Adverb
overstraitly (comparative more overstraitly, superlative most overstraitly)
- (obsolete) Too straitly or strictly.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overstraitly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)