单词 | preponderatingly |
释义 | > as lemmaspreˈponderatingly preˈponderatingly adv. to a high degree, for the most part; predominantly. ΘΚΠ 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 1841 J. S. Mill Democr. in Amer. in Edinb. Rev. 72 71 In each of them some one element..existed exclusively, or so preponderatingly as to overpower all the others. 1891 Times 6 Oct. 8/2 [Comparative Philology] had been all along preponderatingly the science of comparing the Aryan languages with one another. 1988 Population & Devel. Rev. 14 707 The less the development of labour,..the more preponderatingly does the social order appear to be dominated by ties of sex. < as lemmas |
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