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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Really interesting how these smart hockey people still overwhelmingly picked the Avalanche.
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Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Others have been available for decades, providing data from millions of people showing those vaccines are overwhelmingly safe and effective.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 2 May 2025
The panel was overwhelmingly leaning toward a conviction, juror Jocelyn Duran told the Tribune, but a lone holdout was not convinced and said there was nothing that could change their mind.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
The blue-collar, overwhelmingly Latino city faces a lawsuit by former Councilmember Esmeralda Castillo, who alleges she was illegally removed in February in the wake of an investigation that determined Castillo didn’t live within city limits and was thus ineligible to serve.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Others have been available for decades, providing data from millions of people showing those vaccines are overwhelmingly safe and effective.
—Will McDuffie, ABC News, 2 May 2025
The panel was overwhelmingly leaning toward a conviction, juror Jocelyn Duran told the Tribune, but a lone holdout was not convinced and said there was nothing that could change their mind.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
The blue-collar, overwhelmingly Latino city faces a lawsuit by former Councilmember Esmeralda Castillo, who alleges she was illegally removed in February in the wake of an investigation that determined Castillo didn’t live within city limits and was thus ineligible to serve.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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“Overwhelmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overwhelmingly. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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