Antonyms for predominantly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : pri-dom-uh-nuh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈdɒm ə nənt |
Definition of predominantly
Origin :- 1570s, from Middle French prédominant (14c.), from Medieval Latin *praedominantem (nominative praedominans), present participle of *praedominare, from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + dominari "to rule" (see dominate). Related: Predominantly.
- As in largely : adv to a great extent
- As in mainly : adv for the most part
- As in mostly : adv generally, mainly
- As in overall : adv in general
- As in primarily : adv generally; for the most part
- As in principally : adv mainly
- As in chiefly : adv most importantly
- As in generally : adv mainly, in most cases
- American formal culture is, and has been, from the beginning, predominantly English.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- The animal, predominantly, desires the good of self: the Divine, the good of others.
- Extract from : « Gloria Crucis » by J. H. Beibitz
- Their fancy was, predominantly, for the bizarre and the extravagant.
- Extract from : « History of Phoenicia » by George Rawlinson
- Seitz recognises 75 species of which about a dozen are predominantly white.
- Extract from : « Mimicry in Butterflies » by Reginald Crundall Punnett
- The religion was predominantly a worship of gods, rather than of spirits.
- Extract from : « The Heroic Age » by H. Munro Chadwick
- They were predominantly Puritan in prejudice and in upbringing.
- Extract from : « A History of American Literature » by Percy H. Boynton
- There is no reason at all why a child's attention should be so predominantly fixed on wool.
- Extract from : « Mankind in the Making » by H. G. Wells
- It was at least predominantly cloudy on all but four or five days.
- Extract from : « The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin » by Francis Harper
- My mother's people were predominantly of Scotch, but also of Huguenot and English, descent.
- Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt » by Theodore Roosevelt
- The pitch of Wagner's orchestra had, after all, been predominantly sober and subdued.
- Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld
Synonyms for predominantly
- about
- above all
- abundantly
- all in all
- all over
- almost always
- almost entirely
- altogether
- approximately
- as a rule
- basically
- before anything else
- broadly
- by and large
- cardinally
- chiefly
- commodiously
- commonly
- comprehensively
- considerably
- conventionally
- copiously
- customarily
- dominantly
- eminently
- en masse
- especially
- essentially
- everyplace
- everywhere
- expansively
- extensively
- extravagantly
- first and foremost
- first of all
- for the most part
- frequently
- fundamentally
- generally
- generally speaking
- generously
- grandly
- habitually
- immoderately
- importantly
- imposingly
- in a big way
- in a grand manner
- in general
- in many instances
- in the first place
- in the long run
- in the main
- largely
- lavishly
- liberally
- magnificently
- mainly
- many times
- materially
- most of all
- most often
- mostly
- normally
- notably
- often
- on a large scale
- on average
- on the whole
- ordinarily
- overall
- particularly
- peculiarly
- popularly
- practically
- predominantly
- preeminently
- prevailingly
- prevalently
- primarily
- principally
- prodigally
- prodigiously
- publicly
- regularly
- roughly
- roundly
- substantially
- superlatively
- supremely
- thereabouts
- throughout
- to a great degree
- to the greatest extent
- typically
- universally
- usually
- vitally
- voluminously
- widely
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