Meaning of overforward | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Excessively forward.
2. Too bold; too quick to act and/or too emphatic of expression.
3. Arrived at too quickly or expressed too openly.
4. Premature.
5. Incautious.

Examples

“And tho' a Man may have been often mis-us'd upon this account, there are still some People so modest, and will esteem so well of a kind Offer, that 'twill be frequently a Man's Duty to run the Hazard of his Service being slighted, rather than not profer his Assistance to a poor honest Man, that has not the Face to ask it: And to be overforward to do good is so great a Rarity, it ought never to be difcourag'd.”

“And, in like manner, I have never yielded to those who set themselves up rashly to sit in judgment, as for the most part overforward to determine the nature. of the malady while ignorant of its root.”

“He is an effective debater in Conference deliberations , when he chooses to take a part, which, however, he is not overforward to do.”

“Thou art discreet, and not given to impudence, and if thou should'st this time be overforward, I will not chide thee.”

“The anxious “overforward girl” adopted a boldness that might repel future mates and, if she crossed that hurdle, "leave a residue of female dominance" likely to prevent a successful marriage.”

“Nay, till my second Thoughts check'd the overforward Impetuosity of my first, I was about to add, Since God resents an infinite satisfaction in the Accomplishment of his own Will, your Making over your whole Will to God, will impart to you that Felicity, proportioned to the degree of the Resignment.”

“I do not deny that some have displayed an overforward hostility to that system.”

“But the truth is, I imagined you would take it merely as an excuse, had I told you I had the instrument under such conditions; and I likewise simply thought I could obtain leave to lend it; which failing on the trial, I suffer now, I find, in your opinion of my veracity, partly from my overforward desire to have gratified you.”

“You must suppose me (as with truth you may) most passionately yours; and with that kindness which is natural to you on other occasions, you must tolerate your enthusiastic friend, who, excepting only in the case of this overforward zeal, must ever appear, with the highest respect, my lord, Your Lordship's, etc.”

“There are indications that genius, unasked, disencouraged and overforward, is manifesting its presence too strongly.”

“Similarly, her suspicion that Sir Charles has decided to let her see his letters about Clementina so " that they may serve for a check to the overforward passion of your Harriet" ( 2: 61 ) becomes highly ironic when we learn, three volumes later, what had been Sir Charles's true motive: his disclosure was aimed at checking his passion rather than hers.”

“I the rather say this to you, as you seem, in your last, to condemn ( which I am much pleased with ) the hasty and overforward prescriptions of beginners.”

“This was not a childish or an overforward choice in him , but doubtless was from a serious consideration , as seeing him who is invisible ; for we are expressly told , that ' When he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.'”

“A character rare at all times and in all places; most rare in such a station as he seemed destined thus early to occupy; and promising fruites proportionable rare if it might only escape the dangers incident to an overforward season .”

“Four-year-old Charlie's overforward intelligence had grasped it, even at that age: she was older than the other mothers he knew; she had given up dreams and imagination.”

“Even after such a short acquaintance the idea was forming in my mind that if I gave him tactful and not overforward encouragement, a real friendship might ensue which, in the end, might lead to anything.”

“What ? do the Bishops fit to govern the Church ? undoubtedly He did not , nor do any of them : and had not his fear pull'd him by the sleeve , and given a check to his overforward Tongue, no doubt but he would have produced all the strong Reasons of the Cabal for the proving of the Negative.”

“We had a glorious day together in his mother's garden; never before did such magnificent volcanoes break forth out of mole-hills, or were plots of daisies and violets so ruthlessly scorcehed and torn by the explosion of deep-laid mines; and though a few mishaps did happen to overforward fingers , and to eye - brows that were in the way , our amusements passed off innoculously on the whole , and evening saw nearly the half of our precious store unexhausted .”

“As, therefore, we are wont to pull off some of the too-frequent blossoms that the rest may thrive; so it is good wisdom to moderate the early excess of the parts or progress of overforward childhood .”

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