英和和英

形容詞

overtrue (comparative more overtrue, superlative most overtrue)

1. (chiefly in the negative) Very or excessively true.
   • 1877, The North American Journal of Homeopathy, volume 26, page 277:

     "De Mortuis nil nisis bonum," is an old, trite, though not overtrue proverb, arising from that truly religious sentiment: To do unto others as we wish that others might do unto us.

   • 1879, George Anthony Denison, Notes of My Life, 1805-1878 (issue 108, page 274)

     […] all the much-paraded but not overtrue neutrality of England notwithstanding […]

使用する際の注意点

• Mostly in negative constructions.