predominatelyadv.

Brit.

/prᵻˈdɒmᵻnətli/, U.S.

/priˈdɑmənətli/,

/prəˈdɑmənətli/

Forms: 1500s predominatly, 1600s– predominately.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: predominate adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < predominate adj. + -ly suffix².

= predominantly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adverb]

predominately1594

predominantly1606

uppermosta1807

preponderantly1823

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in or to a greater quantity, amount, or degree > in superior quantity, amount, or degree

aloftc1330

predominately1594

predominantly1606

prevailingly1714

preponderately1789

preponderantly1823

preponderatingly1841

predominatingly1852

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. 271 Likewise the womb in a woman cannot be predominatly [Sp. a predominio] hot.

a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1683) II. 61 Though the Godly then had Faith as well as we now; yet the Covenant of Works and Nature being more predominately the Dispensation under the Law of Nature, they were in that very first Infancy of the World very much kept to that School.

1712 Exhort. Love of Our Country 11 In Publick and in Private; in the City and in the Camp..the Good of the Publick ever predominately influenc'd.

1757 J. Rutty Ess. Hist. Mineral Waters Ireland iii. iv. 221 Another sample of it..tasted predominately sweet, rough and inky.

1842 H. E. Manning Serm. v. 66 Persons of a predominately worldly tone of mind.

1892 Athenæum 13 Feb. 212/2 Used too predominately, to the dwarfing or exclusion of other feelings.

1917 T. Roosevelt Foes Our Own Household iii. 63 The Americans of 1776, although predominately English by blood, fought their own kinsmen to establish their liberty.

1965 C. Walsh in J. Gibb Light on C.S. Lewis 110 He quickly gained a wide audience..it was predominately high-brow and middle-brow.

1987 B. Leatham-Jones Elements Industr. Robotics iv. 103 Punched tapes are predominately used for data input in CNC machine tool applications.

2003 New Yorker 11 Aug. 60/3 Yale Farm Golf Club's homeowners would be predominately weekenders.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	predominately
释义	predominatelyadv. Brit. /prᵻˈdɒmᵻnətli/, U.S. /priˈdɑmənətli/, /prəˈdɑmənətli/ Forms: 1500s predominatly, 1600s– predominately. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: predominate adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < predominate adj. + -ly suffix². = predominantly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adverb] predominately1594 predominantly1606 uppermosta1807 preponderantly1823 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in or to a greater quantity, amount, or degree > in superior quantity, amount, or degree aloftc1330 predominately1594 predominantly1606 prevailingly1714 preponderately1789 preponderantly1823 preponderatingly1841 predominatingly1852 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. 271 Likewise the womb in a woman cannot be predominatly [Sp. a predominio] hot. a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1683) II. 61 Though the Godly then had Faith as well as we now; yet the Covenant of Works and Nature being more predominately the Dispensation under the Law of Nature, they were in that very first Infancy of the World very much kept to that School. 1712 Exhort. Love of Our Country 11 In Publick and in Private; in the City and in the Camp..the Good of the Publick ever predominately influenc'd. 1757 J. Rutty Ess. Hist. Mineral Waters Ireland iii. iv. 221 Another sample of it..tasted predominately sweet, rough and inky. 1842 H. E. Manning Serm. v. 66 Persons of a predominately worldly tone of mind. 1892 Athenæum 13 Feb. 212/2 Used too predominately, to the dwarfing or exclusion of other feelings. 1917 T. Roosevelt Foes Our Own Household iii. 63 The Americans of 1776, although predominately English by blood, fought their own kinsmen to establish their liberty. 1965 C. Walsh in J. Gibb Light on C.S. Lewis 110 He quickly gained a wide audience..it was predominately high-brow and middle-brow. 1987 B. Leatham-Jones Elements Industr. Robotics iv. 103 Punched tapes are predominately used for data input in CNC machine tool applications. 2003 New Yorker 11 Aug. 60/3 Yale Farm Golf Club's homeowners would be predominately weekenders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1594
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