preponderatelyadv.
/prᵻˈpɒndərətli/, U.S. /prəˈpɑnd(ə)rətli/ Predominantly.
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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
1789 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy I. 84 He was..calm concerning every thing that was in itself good, and preponderately [Ger. überwiegend] good in its consequences.
1821 J. Bentham Liberty of Press 28 Nothing will be done but what is bad: absolutely bad, or at least,..preponderately bad.
1882 Society 11 Nov. 27/2 Whether the style..is not preponderately heavy.
1950 M. Peake Gormenghast xii. 66 Preponderately a heronry, yet there were recesses and niches in which by sacredness of custom the egrets and bitterns congregated.
1991 M. Mackie Gender Relations Canada viii. 196/1 Occupational gender segregation means that the incumbents of most occupations are preponderately one sex or another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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