overwhelmingly
adverb
over·whelm·ing·ly
ˌō-vər-ˈ(h)wel-miŋ-lē 
1
a
: to an overwhelming extent
an overwhelmingly powerful army
b
: extremely
overwhelmingly mediocre
2
: mostly by far
the workers were overwhelmingly female
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City officials took a victory lap after the overwhelmingly peaceful event.
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Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
While a proportion of the urban population in southern and eastern Ukraine has Russian roots, the rural population is overwhelmingly Ukrainian.
—Oleksandr Chubko Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 10 May 2024
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Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
While a proportion of the urban population in southern and eastern Ukraine has Russian roots, the rural population is overwhelmingly Ukrainian.
—Oleksandr Chubko Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 10 May 2024
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“Overwhelmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overwhelmingly. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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