"Dear" is not, as some might think, overly endearing; rather, it's professional and formal.
Everything the West did, the East thought overly practical and selfish.
Since the narcissist has a large ego and thinks overly well of himself or herself, they will likely see you as someone who is, in some ways, inferior.
I think we were overly ambitious.
"I think it's overly severe.
On that point, I think she's overly "optimistic".
"I think I was overly harsh when I said you were broken," offers Debi, by way of conciliation.
"I think we were overly concerned about the kind of typical teen-age stuff she was into," Bonnie says.
M. GLADSTONE Los Angeles, 1 52 p.m., April 20, nytimes.com I think it's overly defensive to insist that Obama is in no way different from most Americans.
"I think they are overly ambitious to expect anything in the double digits in terms of market share," said Doug McVitie, managing director of Arran Aerospace in Dinan, France.
"I think those were overly and badly used trends," said Ms. Francis, who is a marketer and brander in Los Angeles, advising clients like Mansour Modern, a rug company, and James Magni, a furniture designer.
