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Synonyms for dominantly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : dom-uh-nuhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɒm ə nənt |
Top 10 synonyms for dominantly
- above all
- before anything else
- cardinally
- dominantly
- eminently
- especially
- essentially
- first of all
- for the most part
- fundamentally
- in the first place
- in the main
- materially
- peculiarly
- preeminently
- prevailingly
- prevalently
- primarily
- substantially
- superlatively
- supremely
- to a great degree
- universally
- vitally
Définition of dominantly
Origin :- mid-15c., from Middle French dominant (13c.), from Latin dominantem (nominative dominans), present participle of dominari (see domination). Music sense is from 1819. Sexual bondage sense by c.1960. The noun is first recorded 1819, earliest in the musical sense.
- As in principally : adv mainly
- "I'm going to walk with Suzanne," he said dominantly, when he was ready.
- Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser
- Again his eye went from face to face fearlessly, dominantly.
- Extract from : « Ben Blair » by Will Lillibridge
- Quebec was dominantly rural; its men married young, and the country parishes had little touch with the outside world.
- Extract from : « The Canadian Dominion » by Oscar D. Skelton
- It was so dominantly above us that instinctively he put his hand in his pocket for his whistle.
- Extract from : « The Sea and the Jungle » by H. M. Tomlinson
- Such religion is dominantly non-social, if not, indeed, anti-social in its character.
- Extract from : « Religion and the War » by Various
- In this way humor may become the dominant quality in the letters of a correspondent whose conversation is not dominantly humorous.
- Extract from : « Human Intercourse » by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
- At the beginning of the twentieth it is dominantly ritualistic and disposed to minimise its relation to the Reformation.
- Extract from : « Edward Caldwell Moore » by Edward Moore
- He stepped nearer, and towering over her, he took hold of her shoulders in a powerful grasp and looked down upon her dominantly.
- Extract from : « Counsel for the Defense » by Leroy Scott
- Images have a dominantly synthetic character and make for good composite tools.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- If we find his parents were dominantly bad, it means that he is fifty per cent bad.
- Extract from : « Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part II: The Place » by Various
Antonyms for dominantly
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