overwhelmingly

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US /ˌoʊvɚˈwɛlmɪŋli/ UK /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋli/ See IPA manual

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in a way that is very great in amount, effect, or degree

The proposal passed overwhelmingly, with only two votes against.

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1 adv · in a way that is very great... overpoweringly decisively resoundingly massively predominantly emphatically

Opposites

marginally narrowly slightly

Word family

Related forms overwhelm overwhelmingwhelm

Etymology

Adverb from overwhelming, from overwhelm, from over- plus the Middle English whelmen ('to overturn, cover over'). Means in a way very great in amount or effect.

ofer Old English whelmen Middle English

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# overwhelmingly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** ˌoʊvɚˈwɛlmɪŋli
**IPA (UK):** ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋli

## Meanings
1. in a way that is very great in amount, effect, or degree

## Examples
- The proposal passed overwhelmingly, with only two votes against.

## Synonyms
- overpoweringly
- decisively
- resoundingly
- massively
- predominantly
- emphatically

## Antonyms
- marginally
- narrowly
- slightly

## Related Forms
- overwhelm
- overwhelming
- whelm

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ofer
- Root: whelmen

## Etymology
Adverb from overwhelming, from overwhelm, from over- plus the Middle English whelmen ('to overturn, cover over'). Means in a way very great in amount or effect.

## AI Etymology
Overwhelmingly is adverb from overwhelming, from overwhelm, from over- plus the Middle English whelmen ('to overturn, cover over'). Means in a way very great in amount or effect. Important recorded forms include ofer (Old English) and whelmen (Middle English). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers in a way that is very great in amount, effect, or degree. The wider family includes related words such as overwhelm, overwhelming, and whelm.

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- Numbers & Quantity
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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