Rick Bass

Even the largest of my dreams and ambitions, I realize with increasing dismay, were puny, measly, compared to the object of my dreaming. I would not say my life to date has been built overmuch of compromise, but still, it surrounds me.

American Writer

Samuel E. Morison

So I have cultivated the vast garden of human experience which is history, without troubling myself overmuch about laws, essential first causes, or how it is all coming out.

American Historian

Arthur Eddington

It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.

British Scientist

Alexander Hamilton

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

American Politician

Use 'overmuch' to show strong feelings about the excessiveness of an action or situation.

Emotional Intensity

'Overmuch' is more formal and less common than 'too much' in everyday language.

Formal Tone

When describing quantity, 'overmuch' indicates more than what is considered reasonable or necessary.

Quantitative Excess

'Overmuch' often has a negative connotation, suggesting that something is not just extra, but undesirably so.

Negative Connotation

As a noun, 'overmuch' is used for intangible things, like information or work, rather than physical objects.

Noun Usage

'Overmuch' can be subjective since what is excessive for one might be normal for another.

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