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- noun The quality of being too
friendly
Etymologies
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Examples
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They have outgoing personalities and are highly sociable to the point of overfriendliness, but also display numerous behavioral and emotional problems (especially hyperactivity and difficulty concentrating in childhood, and anxiety in later life).
Innateness and Language Cowie, Fiona 2008
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I've lived here six months and I'm not on informal terms with anybody except Teddy, the landlady's dog, and he's a trained rat-and-book-agent terrier, and not inclined to overfriendliness.
Buttered Side Down: Stories Edna Ferber 1926
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I've lived here six months and I'm not on informal terms with anybody except Teddy, the landlady's dog, and he's a trained rat-and-book-agent terrier, and not inclined to overfriendliness.
Buttered Side Down 1911
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