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prevalently, adv.|ˈprɛvələntlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a prevalent manner or degree.
1. Prevailingly, overpoweringly, victoriously; powerfully, effectively. Now rare.
1636Jackson Creed viii. xiv. §1 They..prevalently tempt them to cruelty and hatred towards this Holy One. 1737Boyse The Olive xiii, By long succeeding Trials doom'd to get Strength from her Falls, and rise more prevalently Great! 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. ii. vi. (1872) I. 82 They fought much and prevalently.
2. To a prevailing extent; in a great proportion of cases; very frequently, generally, usually.
1709Chandler Effort agst. Bigotry 30 Censorious Persons (those that are habitually and prevalently so) do really want that Charity which is essential to Christianity. 1869F. W. Newman Misc. 202 Long steppes,..which..like our sheep-downs, were prevalently round and smooth. 1879C. Rossetti Seek & F. 281 Silence and peace are and ought to be more prevalently characteristic of ordinary Christians.
So ˈprevalentness, the quality of being prevalent, prevalency. (Bailey, vol. II, 1727.) |