overwhelmingly
adverb
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Definition of overwhelmingly
1a
: to an overwhelming extent
an overwhelmingly powerful army
b
: extremely
overwhelmingly mediocre
2
: mostly by far
the workers were overwhelmingly female
Examples of overwhelmingly in a Sentence
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The 1999 vote under U.N. auspices overwhelmingly favored establishing an independent state, despite widespread Indonesian intimidation and violence. — Washington Post, "East Timor marks anniversary of vote for independence," 31 Aug. 2019 Despite a tsunami of dark money supporting the bill, HB6 was overwhelmingly opposed by ratepayer groups, business groups, free-market conservative groups, environmental groups, and Ohioans generally. — David Roberts, Vox, "Ohio just passed the worst energy bill of the 21st century," 27 July 2019 But the people likely to see and respond to those calls are overwhelmingly white and English-speaking. — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, "Excluding minorities from Alzheimerās research is wrongāand itās keeping us from finding a cure," 19 July 2019 His legislative maps diluted the electoral strength of large, racially diverse cities, and magnified the power of overwhelmingly white suburbs and sparsely populated rural areas. — Carol Anderson, Time, "Republicans Want a White Republic. They'll Destroy America to Get It," 17 July 2019 Salaries for directors of 25 of the state's more high-profile agencies ā a group that is overwhelmingly white and male ā range from nearly $100,000 to more than $215,000, according to the most recent data available. — Kyra Haas, azcentral, "Who runs the state? Here are Arizona's top agency heads (and their salaries)," 16 July 2019 But polls show American voters overwhelmingly oppose such a move. — The Economist, "China crisis: October 2020," 4 July 2019 Since a University of Colorado poll shows Republicans overwhelmingly oppose Prop. — Dan Molinski, WSJ, "Oil Edges Up as Equity Turmoil Eases," 25 Oct. 2018 Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Trumpās family separation policy. — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, "Trump and Democrats both weaponize children in immigration fight," 20 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overwhelmingly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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