overwhelmingly

adverb

over·whelm·ing·ly ˌō-vər-ˈ(h)wel-miŋ-lē

: to an overwhelming extent

an overwhelmingly powerful army

: extremely

overwhelmingly mediocre

: mostly by far

the workers were overwhelmingly female

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Lewis George defeated moderate Democrat Kenyan McDuffie in the June Democratic primary and will face off against independent and Green Party candidates in November in an election that is all but decided in the overwhelmingly Democratic city. — Irit Skulnik, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 The town is overwhelmingly made up of Mizrahi Jews, who arrived from Arabic-speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa in the 1950s. — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The district voted overwhelmingly Democratic in the 2024 presidential election. — Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026 Republicans and Democrats have also objected to the deal and Trump’s wider effort to court Russian President Vladimir Putin, including waiving other sanctions on Russian energy that lawmakers overwhelmingly passed last month. — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overwhelmingly

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1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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