overswift

• over-swift

From over- +‎ swift.

• IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəswɪft/

overswift (comparative more overswift, superlative most overswift)

1. (rare) Overly swift.
   • 1879, Dilke, Emilia Francis Strong, Lady, The Renaissance of Art in France‎, C. Kegan Paul & Company, page 248:

     A strange air of overswift maturity clings about the supreme moment of sixteenth-century art in France.

   • 1903, Luigi Cornaro, Joseph Addison, Francis Bacon, Sir William Temple, The Art of Living Long;‎, W.F. Butler, page 126:

     Exercises which stir up a good strong motion, but not overswift, or to our utmost strength, do not hurt, but rather benefit.

   • 1910, McClure's Magazine, Volume 35‎, S.S. McClure, page 171:

     "Well?" said Drummond, whose mind was not overswift.