dominantly
- adverb
- /ˈdɑːmɪnəntli/
- Sure enough, they beat the Giants in both of their home games—not closely, not by a little, but dominantly.
What that is, it could be multiple things, but what it is dominantly is fear.
- What that is, it could be multiple things, but what it is dominantly is fear.
- Some jurisdictions around the globe, very few, but some have said its currency, but almost dominantly around the globe, it's some form of property.
- These are single rule, you know, single party ruled states where they're dominantly is no balance or competition.
Examples
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- Pilot screenings were dominantly male.
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Migration is a continuing feature of Australian life, but the source countries over the past fifty years have been much more diverse than the dominantly Anglo-Celtic origins.
Academic text (2004) -
What that is, it could be multiple things, but what it is dominantly is fear.
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The conflict between church and state in dominantly Catholic Poland.
Academic text (2007) -
That's sort of what we use dominantly around the world.
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It is dominantly black, but there are some whites in the audience, mostly women.
Fiction book (1992) -
Thus, the arts and humanities audiences by 1994 were no longer so dominantly Republican.
Academic text (1995) -
A comparison of Tables I and II leads to the inescapable conclusion that industrial emissions have become dominantly responsible for most of the trace elements in the air.
Academic text (1990) -
By "central Asia," I mean to denote basically the same region but with a focus on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan, all of which are dominantly Turkic-speaking.
Academic text (2016) -
In many urban areas, the population is dominantly comprised of young professionals.
Synonyms
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
In a very strong and forceful way
In a way that is more important than other things
Mainly in number, influence or importance
In a way that happens often in many places or among many people
To be more important or noticeable than others
In a way that makes people change their ideas or actions
How Predominant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dominantly comes from the Latin word dominus, meaning 'master', and is the adverb of dominant, the same root as dominate and dominion. So to act dominantly is to act like a 'master' or to have the most power, influence, or presence in a situation.