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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Taken as a whole, it's been an overwhelmingly good year for the president with this conservative court supermajority.
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Tamara Keith,
NPR,
1 July 2026
Women still occupy fewer than one-fifth of songwriting credits on major charting songs, and production roles remain overwhelmingly male-dominated.
—
Desjah Altvater,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
At a pre-tournament friendly at the Rose Bowl, the crowd was overwhelmingly pro-Mexico.
—
Michael Morris,
Time,
1 July 2026
In ousting DeGette, the 68-year-old incumbent who has represented the overwhelmingly Democratic district in Congress since 1997, Kiros is now in pole position to take the seat held by her opponent since the year she was born.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
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Tamara Keith,
NPR,
1 July 2026
Women still occupy fewer than one-fifth of songwriting credits on major charting songs, and production roles remain overwhelmingly male-dominated.
—
Desjah Altvater,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
At a pre-tournament friendly at the Rose Bowl, the crowd was overwhelmingly pro-Mexico.
—
Michael Morris,
Time,
1 July 2026
In ousting DeGette, the 68-year-old incumbent who has represented the overwhelmingly Democratic district in Congress since 1997, Kiros is now in pole position to take the seat held by her opponent since the year she was born.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
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“Overwhelmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overwhelmingly. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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