余あまり

〈数すう〉余あまりa little more than [number]; [number] and some
この会かい社しゃは50年ねん余あまりの歴れき史しがある。
This company has a history of a little over fifty years.
あまり〈動どう詞し〉ないnot do (something) very much
最さい近きんあまり運うん動どうしない。
I haven't been exercising much lately.
あまりの〈事こと〉にdue to the extreme degree of ~
あまりの寒さむさに震ふるえた。
I shivered from the extreme cold.
〈事こと〉はあまりだ(something) is so-so / not great
その映えい画がはあまりだった。
That movie was pretty mediocre.
余あまりが出でるto end up with leftovers or a surplus
料りょう理りを作つくりすぎて余あまりが出でた。
I made too much food, so there were leftovers.

Expressions

残のこりN3sense 1
残り is the neutral word for 'what remains' (food, time, distance), while 余り specifically emphasizes something left over in excess of what was needed.
余よ分ぶんN3sense 1
余分 describes an extra or surplus amount as a quality of something (often modifying a noun), while 余り is the noun naming the actual leftover portion.
過か度ど sense 3
過度 is a na-adjective meaning 'excessive' used to describe degree or amount, close to 余り's sense of 'too much', but 過度 is more formal and always negative in connotation.
いと
あまり is the modern adverb used with negatives to mean 'not very', the same role いと fills in classical negative constructions.

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ろくにN2
あまり with a negative verb means 'not very much' in a general sense, while ろくに specifically implies something was not done adequately or carefully.
大たいしてN3
あまり can also mean 'too much' in affirmative sentences, whereas 大して is used only with negatives to downplay something.
滅めっ多たにN3
あまり with a negative verb softly means 'not very often', whereas 滅多に is stronger and means 'hardly ever at all'.
それほどN4
あまり is used almost exclusively with a following negative to mean 'not very/much,' while それ程 can also appear in conditional or question forms.
さほどN1
あまり is the more common, everyday way to say 'not very' with a negative, while さほど sounds slightly more formal or literary.
残のこった分ぶん
余り is a broader term for a surplus or remainder (including mathematical remainders), whereas 残った分 specifically refers to the leftover portion after something has been used or consumed.
さして
あまり is the most common, casual word for 'not very' and can also appear in a few positive idioms, whereas さして sounds more formal and is used only with negatives.

不ふ足そくN3sense 1
不足 means a shortage or insufficiency, the opposite of 余り's sense of a surplus or leftover amount.
よくN5
よく with an affirmative verb means 'often', while あまり with a negative verb means 'not very often', making them opposite in frequency expressions.

少すこしもN3
あまり～ない means 'not very/much', a weaker degree than 少しも～ない, which means 'not at all'.
あまりにN2
あまりに means 'too much/excessively' as an adverb modifying an adjective or verb, while あまり alone usually means 'not very' (with a negative) or 'leftover, remainder' as a noun.

余りUsage11%
- あまり
  Standard kanji spelling, though the word is usually written in kana.
- あんまり
あまりUsage79%
Kana spelling is strongly preferred for all senses.
あんまりUsage10%
Colloquial variant of あまり, common in casual speech.
餘りUsage<1%
out-dated kanji form
- あまり
  Outdated kanji form; not used in modern writing.
- あんまり
アマリUsage<1%

Derived from the verb 余る (あまる, 'to be left over'). The adverbial and adjectival uses developed from the idea of excess or remainder.