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prevalently

prevalently

3.6
In a way that happens often in many places or among many people
  • adverb
  • /ˈprɛvələntli/
translation icon : predominantemente
  • But it is prevalently posted throughout many of these commentaries.
  • more prevalently

Examples

  • First, let's consider how prevalently these consumer-oriented tools are being used.

    Blog text (15)
  • I'm so surprised that blockchain is not used more prevalently in other areas of our lives.

  • You know my view is that as we move forward and it becomes years more prevalently, the cost will go down.

  • Macro means big and macromolecules just mean big molecules which are found prevalently in cells.

  • But children are especially at risk: Lyme disease occurs most prevalently in two age groups: adults 50-57 years of age and children 5-14 years of age.

    Academic text (2008)
  • We chose these three out of a handful of miRNA target prediction methods not only because they have been prevalently used but also because they are, in some sense, complementary to the PITA method.

    Blog text (18)
  • The hypothesis would be that certain biologically driven personality characteristics tend to be exhibited by female managers more prevalently than in the general population, and that those characteristics also tend to have higher rates of alcoholism associated with them.

    Academic text (2005)
  • To accelerate support for environmental protection, business schools should reshape the prevalently anti-environmental attitudes of present and future managers by demonstrating through outcome-oriented instruction how "green" can be profitable, particularly in the international arena.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Teachers can lament the fact that the media's message to consume, to indulge, and to conform is visually plastered and audibly megaphoned so prevalently that it becomes the landscape.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Egg dishes are served more prevalently in Madrid than in other cities.

Synonyms

generally
vsprevalently
1.0

Usually or in most cases

focuses on being widespread and common rather than rule based usualness
typically
vsprevalently
426 2.2

In the usual way for a person, thing, or group

is about being widespread across many groups rather than specific usualness
widely
vsprevalently
388 1.0

In many places or by many people

stresses commonness overall rather than just location spread
commonly
vsprevalently
186 1.0

In most cases

refers to being widespread or dominant rather than just usual
predominantly
vsprevalently
103 3.7

Mainly true in most cases

is more about being widespread or common across areas
extensively
vsprevalently
87 4.1

In a way that covers a large area or includes many parts

describes being common or predominant rather than just wide coverage
popularly
vsprevalently
12 2.8

In a way many people accept or believe

relates to being widespread or common rather than only public belief
widely distributed
vsprevalently
4 2.9

Found in many parts of the world

is about general commonness rather than only geographic spread
majorly
vsprevalently
  • UK
3 6.7

For the most part

is more formal and stresses being widespread or common
pervasively
vsprevalently
2 6.6

In a way that spreads widely through a place or among many people

refers to being common or dominant rather than the act of spreading
ubiquitously
vsprevalently
1 8.2

Exists in many places at the same time

means common or predominant but not always literally everywhere
dominantly
vsprevalently
1 4.9

In a way that shows the most power or is most common

expresses commonness or prevalence rather than power or control
standardly
vsprevalently
1 4.1

In the usual or accepted way

focuses on being common or widespread instead of rule based conformity
preponderantly
vsprevalently
  • Formal
7.7

Mainly in number, influence or importance

is about being common or widespread rather than numeric dominance

Antonyms

122 1.7

Not happening or done very often

How Common

prevalently
3.6
predominantly
103 3.7
commonly
186 1.0
often
1.0
sometimes
1.0
occasionally
438 2.0
rarely
539 1.0

Surface Forms

prevalently positive
prevalenter comparative
prevalentest superlative

Morphology

prevalently = prevalent (transparent) = prevalent + ly

The adverb is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'prevalent', yielding the clear meaning 'in a widespread or common way'.

Etymology

Prevalently comes from prevalent, which is related to prevail and an old root meaning 'to be strong'. The ending -ly turns the adjective into an adverb, so if something is prevalently true it 'prevails' across many places and is 'common' or 'widespread'.