overwhelmingly
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4.7
- adverb
- /ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋli/
- Well, the test results were overwhelmingly positive.
- overwhelmingly in favor
- voted overwhelmingly
- overwhelmingly support
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Watch on YouTubeWhen was the last time you were overwhelmingly happy and why?
- When was the last time you were overwhelmingly happy and why?
- And that one requirement is overwhelmingly supported by Americans.
- And they tend to be overwhelmingly of the right wing.
- And he had a referendum in June and it was overwhelmingly against nuclear power.
- So the first fact to remember about Gaza is it's overwhelmingly A refugee population.
- But fossil fuels have been overwhelmingly positive in those two countries.
- OK, from Belle Rumi on Facebook, I feel overwhelmingly disheartened by humanity.
- It feels really good and big and kind of overwhelmingly huge.
- I mean, we associate love with, with overwhelmingly physical attraction.
Examples
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People in Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain.
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The media has always been overwhelmingly in the hands of men.
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But commercial property is overwhelmingly owned by the rich.
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So when we speak of banks, it is overwhelmingly commercial banks that matter.
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This is a movement that is overwhelmingly northern at this point in time.
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OK, what we will find is that they were overwhelmingly male, just as they are today.
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The massive changes in the global economy since World War II have had overwhelmingly positive effects.
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On the one hand, the impact of these new technologies seems overwhelmingly positive.
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And that one requirement is overwhelmingly supported by Americans.
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The committee received overwhelmingly positive feedback about the new policy.
Synonyms
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1.0
To a very great degree
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2.3
To a very great degree
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1.0
In a very forceful or certain way
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1.0
To a large degree or too much
340
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
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1.0
By a very large amount
243
3.6
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
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3.1
To a very large degree
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3.5
To a very large degree
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3.0
By a very large amount
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2.7
To a very great degree
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2.1
To a very great degree
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3.5
To a very large degree
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4.6
To a very great degree
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3.4
To a great degree
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3.5
In large amounts that are more than enough
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3.6
In a very strong and forceful way
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4.5
To a very high degree
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3.5
To a large degree
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7.4
To a very large degree
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8.0
To a very great degree
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5.4
To a very great degree that you cannot count
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2.3
Totally and without any doubt
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5.7
In a very strong way that makes something seem impressive
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6.7
To a very surprising degree that is hard to believe
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6.2
In a very clear and strong way that people easily notice
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3.9
So tempting that you cannot say no
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5.8
To a very large degree
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7.6
By a very large amount that cannot be measured
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8.9
In a very large way
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7.7
Mainly in number, influence or importance
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7.4
In a very strong way that is hard to resist
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4.5
By a large amount
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6.3
In large amounts
Antonyms
How Strongly
Surface Forms
Morphology
overwhelmingly = overwhelming (transparent) = over + whelm + ing + ly
The adverb is transparently formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'overwhelming', which itself is a regular formation from 'over' + 'whelm'.
Etymology
Overwhelmingly starts with over-, the same 'over' you see in words like overload, and the part whelm once meant 'to cover or sink', like a wave covering something, and so something done overwhelmingly is 'covered' by a very strong force or feeling and is hard to resist.