overready

Albeit faire Ladies, the case propounded by Madam Pampinea hath beene very well delivered; yet (for all that) it is against reason for us to rush on, as we are overready to doe.

The Decameron 2004

That quick confiding eye and overready smile of his could come out of quite a different stable.

Absolute Friends Le Carre, John, 1931- 2003

It is not desirable that men should become overready speakers.

Public Speaking Irvah Lester Winter

In order to have it thought that that body had allowed him weapons and the authority that resulted from them (which he had been overready to usurp) he got the privilege of keeping soldiers within the wall and of helping the tribunes in maintaining a guard over the city.

Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). Cassius Dio

Unreason, petty jealousy, stubbornness over trifles, bossiness (not leadership), overready temper and overready tears, -- these cause more domestic difficulty than alcohol and unfaithfulness put together.

The Nervous Housewife Abraham Myerson 1914

My Alexandrian hosts, however, are overready to show me what they think.

A Thorny Path — Volume 08 Georg Ebers 1867

My Alexandrian hosts, however, are overready to show me what they think.

A Thorny Path — Volume 08 Georg Ebers 1867

My Alexandrian hosts, however, are overready to show me what they think.

A Thorny Path — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

My Alexandrian hosts, however, are overready to show me what they think.

A Thorny Path — Volume 08 Georg Ebers 1867

My Alexandrian hosts, however, are overready to show me what they think.

Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867