overwhelmingly

adverb

over·whelm·ing·ly ˌō-vər-ˈ(h)wel-miŋ-lē

: to an overwhelming extent

an overwhelmingly powerful army

: extremely

overwhelmingly mediocre

: mostly by far

the workers were overwhelmingly female

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The cycles of illness and deflection at Taylor Farms illustrate a larger problem in the American food safety system, the experts said, which overwhelmingly relies on companies to self-police the cleanliness of their own produce. — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 Wall Street analysts nevertheless remain overwhelmingly bullish given Musk’s track record of upending mature industries. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 With 99% of precincts reporting, Amendment 1 overwhelmingly leads with 82% of the vote compared to 17% voting no. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 That’s fine by Blackhawks fans, who overwhelmingly want to keep the team’s famous logo (and who, based on the comments, are very tired of us asking this question every now and then). — Scott Powers, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overwhelmingly

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1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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