Evidently short of time too (6)
I believe the answer is:
overly
'too' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'evidently short of time' is the wordplay.
'evidently' becomes 'overtly'.
'short of' suggests deleting specific letters.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'overtly' with 't' removed is 'OVERLY'.
(Another definition for overly that I've seen is " Excessively".)
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