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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As its title promises, the book is overwhelmingly about the migration of the turban into the West, with a large portion focussing on how an Arabian adornment, through the influence of Islamic empires like the Ottomans, came to penetrate European and Euro-American art and fashion.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
But a year later, organizers of the 2014 Tết Parade doubled down, once again voting overwhelmingly to exclude LGBTQ+ participants.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
NetJets, with its unrivaled safety record and successful model of selling fractional shares of planes, remains the overwhelmingly dominant leader.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 20 June 2025
The odds are overwhelmingly in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s favor.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
But a year later, organizers of the 2014 Tết Parade doubled down, once again voting overwhelmingly to exclude LGBTQ+ participants.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
NetJets, with its unrivaled safety record and successful model of selling fractional shares of planes, remains the overwhelmingly dominant leader.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 20 June 2025
The odds are overwhelmingly in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s favor.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
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“Overwhelmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overwhelmingly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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