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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While Republican voters overwhelmingly oppose Proposition 40, nearly two-thirds of Democrats support it and more than a quarter opposing it. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 His office published statistics showing that the county jails were overwhelmingly filled with undocumented immigrants as proof of their criminality. — Michael Kiefer, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026 Republican coalitions in most states, and certainly in Georgia, are overwhelmingly white and anchored in suburbs, smaller cities and small towns. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 The legislation overwhelmingly passed the Legislature over the summer and was later signed by Newsom. — Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overwhelmingly

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1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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