overwilling

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ willing

Adjective[edit]

overwilling (comparative more overwilling, superlative most overwilling)

  1. Excessively willing; too keen.
    • 2015 November 10, Jonathan Kandell, “Helmut Schmidt, Assertive West German Chancellor, Dies at 96”, in New York Times[1]:
      His detractors accused him of being overwilling to assuage Moscow in his desire to salvage détente, an effort, embraced by West Germany and France, to ensure peace through stronger political and economic ties with Moscow.