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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Despite signs of tension between the two countries, North Korea is overwhelmingly reliant on China.
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Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
As the Verge’s Nilay Patel rightly noted a few days ago, current FCC regulations were born during a time when broadcast TV overwhelmingly dominated the media environment and the major networks’ entertainment shows would regularly reach 20 or 30 percent of TV viewers every night.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Consider that in 2016, Donald J. Trump would have won the popular vote had California not gone so overwhelmingly for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Kentucky was the first state called for Trump in 2020, and the commonwealth is expected to overwhelmingly vote in his favor again.
—Dann Miller, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
As the Verge’s Nilay Patel rightly noted a few days ago, current FCC regulations were born during a time when broadcast TV overwhelmingly dominated the media environment and the major networks’ entertainment shows would regularly reach 20 or 30 percent of TV viewers every night.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Consider that in 2016, Donald J. Trump would have won the popular vote had California not gone so overwhelmingly for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Kentucky was the first state called for Trump in 2020, and the commonwealth is expected to overwhelmingly vote in his favor again.
—Dann Miller, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Overwhelmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overwhelmingly. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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