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

Examples of overwhelmingly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pan argued that Kiley’s congressional voting record remained overwhelmingly aligned with Republicans. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

The district is so overwhelmingly Democratic that winning the primary is tantamount to winning the general election. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

Modern historians overwhelmingly agree that immigration profoundly shaped Rome’s demographics and history, yet some have argued that there was little sense of immigrant community at Rome. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026

In Miami, Mayor Carlos Alvarez was recalled and overwhelmingly voted out of office in 2011 due to outrage over his public funding of a controversial new Marlins stadium. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1a