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Meaning of overquietness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Excessive quietness.

uncountable

Examples

“To strenuous minds there is an inquietude in overquietness, and no laboriousness in labour; and to tread a mile after the slow pace of a snail […] were a most tiring pennance, and worse than a race of some furlongs at the Olympicks.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

overquotation overram Overran overrange overranging overrankness

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