Meaning

2 senses
  1. In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.

  2. Mostly; predominantly; almost completely.

More definitions
  • incapable of being resisted

Examples

27 sentences
  1. It's been an overwhelmingly positive experience.

  2. Reviews of the film were overwhelmingly negative.

    deDie Kritiken des Films fielen überwiegend negativ aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Algeria is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas.

  4. The reviews of the film were overwhelmingly negative.

    deDie Kritiken des Films fielen überwiegend negativ aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Aren't there times when you overwhelmingly want to weep?

Forms

more overwhelmingly, most overwhelmingly
Comparativemore overwhelmingly Lesson
Superlativemost overwhelmingly

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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