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oversure - definition and meaning
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective Excessively sure.
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adjective Excessively sure .
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It's one of those Tharps that's oversure of its charm, oversold on itself, cheeky to a fault, set to a score (jazz piano music by Willie 'the Lion' Smith) where the choreography seems to be rattling its own skeleton bones without conjuring up a mood, a period, a point.
All the World's a Stage, and I Wish Some People Would Get Off of It: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
He seems oversure of himself, so I throw him a ringer: terra-cotta angels playing instruments.
Gringos in Paradise Barry Golson 2006
He seems oversure of himself, so I throw him a ringer: terra-cotta angels playing instruments.
Gringos in Paradise Barry Golson 2006
Jake Spoon was only human—and he was oversure of himself, at that.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
Jake Spoon was only human—and he was oversure of himself, at that.
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985
Jake Spoon was only human -- and he was oversure of himself, at that.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
Jake Spoon was only human — and he was oversure of himself, at that.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
It was then that I realized how oversure she seemed about everything-there was a ring of the fanatic when she talked.
The Hand of Oberon Zelazny, Roger 1976
But the four police were oversure , and Yasmini too quick-witted for them.
Guns of the Gods Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1921
But the four police were oversure , and Yasmini too quick-witted for them.
Guns of the Gods Talbot Mundy 1909
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