overwhelmingly

adverb over·whelm·ing·ly

Definition of OVERWHELMINGLY

a : to an overwhelming extent <an overwhelmingly powerful army>

b : extremely <overwhelmingly mediocre>

: mostly by far <the workers were overwhelmingly female>

1667

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