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Definition: Overwhelmingly |
OverwhelminglyAdverb1. Incapable of being resisted; "the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overwhelmingly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: OverwhelminglySynonyms: irresistibly (adv), overpoweringly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Overwhelmingly |
| English words defined with "overwhelmingly": irresistibly ♦ overpoweringly ♦ transsexual ♦ whomp. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Thus, the evidence obtained from genetic, experimental, epidemiologic, and clinical intervention investigations overwhelmingly supports a causal relationship between blood cholesterol levels and coronary heart disease. (references) | |
Business | Australians overwhelmingly prefer their beer in a clear-glass bottle. (references) | |
However, the overwhelmingly majority of clinics is still public, which means they receive financing from the state budget. (references) | ||
This group is overwhelmingly concentrated in certain areas of the city of Buenos Aires and its suburbs, and portions of Greater Rosario and Greater Crdoba. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Libya | The country is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim, and the leadership states publicly its preference for Islam. (references) |
Ukraine | Likewise in the period leading up to an April 2000 referendum, television coverage was overwhelmingly propresidential and proreferendum. (references) | |
Kenya | The Government has singled out the overwhelmingly Muslim ethnic Somalis as the only group whose members are required to carry an additional form of identification to prove citizenship. (references) | |
Economic History | Indonesia | Bali, however, remains overwhelmingly Hindu. (references) |
Turkmenistan | The population is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim. (references) | |
Tanzania | Also, the economy remains overwhelmingly donor-dependent. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Canada | Quebec's Indian people remain overwhelmingly opposed to separation from Canada and deeply distrust the separatist government of the province. (references) |
Minorities | Guyana | The civil service and defense and police forces overwhelmingly are staffed by Afro-Guyanese. (references) |
Cameroon | Muslims are concentrated mainly in the northern provinces, where the locally dominant Fulani (or Peuhl) ethnic group is overwhelmingly Muslim, and other ethnic groups, known collectively as the Kirdi, generally are partly Islamicized. (references) | |
Political Economy | MEXICO | The United States is overwhelmingly Mexico's largest export market and source of imports. (references) |
Burma | Democratic elections in 1990 were won overwhelmingly by the opposition National League for Democracy. (references) | |
Tajikistan | The small industrial sector is dominated overwhelmingly by aluminum production (another critical source of government revenue). (references) | |
Political Rights | Belarus | The OSCE/ODIHR found the broadcast media also overwhelmingly negative. (references) |
Switzerland | In 1999 the electorate overwhelmingly rejected a popular initiative to mandate equal gender representation in all federal institutions. (references) | |
Singapore | Opposition parties are free to contest elections, and the voting and vote-counting systems are fair and free from tampering; however, the PAP, which has held power continuously and overwhelmingly for more than 3 decades, uses the Government's extensive powers to place formidable obstacles in the path of political opponents. (references) | |
Trade | Laos | FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DOMINATED BY THE BANQUE POUR LE COMMERCE EXTERIEUR (BCEL); THE OTHER TWO BANKS, LAO MAY AND LAN XANG, SERVE PRIMARILY REGIONAL DOMESTIC MARKETS. (references) |
Worker Rights | Bulgaria | Victims overwhelmingly are women and girls trafficked for the purposes of prostitution. (references) |
India | The rest overwhelmingly are agricultural workers and, to a lesser extent, urban nonindustrial laborers. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | The space program is overwhelmingly successful, considering the number of missions versus the number of deaths. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | The encouraging feature of our country is not that it has reached its destination, but that it has overwhelmingly expressed its determination to proceed in the right direction. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Overwhelmingly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.81% of the time. "Overwhelmingly" is used about 521 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.81% | 520 | 11,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 521 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "overwhelmingly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tepër (beastly, confoundedly, damnably, dearly, excessively, extremely, frightfully, greatly, highly, most, overly, overmuch, parlous, passing, pathetically, precious, so, too, too much, unduly, very), jashtëzakonisht (embarrassingly, enormously, exceedingly, extraordinarily, extremely, immensely, notably, on end, only, parlous, pre-eminently, rare, rarely, really, solely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غالبا (often, predominatingly), على نحو قاهر, على نحو ساحق. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | поразително (amazingly, strikingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 压'多数. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nesmírnì (exceedingly, extremely, far, grossly, highly, hugely, immensely, vastly), nepřekonatelnì, neobyèejnì (eminently, exceedingly, immensely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | en masse, d'une manière accablante, d'une manière écrasante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | überwältigende (overpoweringly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπερβολικά (exceedingly, extravagantly, overly, unduly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyomasztóan (depressingly), ellenállhatatlanul (irresistibly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overwhelminglyay esmagadoramente, esmagadora maioria. (various references) apãsãtor (burdensome, hard, harsh, heavy, importunate, incumbent, onerous, oppressive, pressing, severe, tormenting, torturing, trying, unbearable). (various references) очень (anxiously, awful, awfully, badly, damnably, dooms, enormously, ever so, exceedingly, extremely, greatly, highly, hugely, immensely, jolly, miserably, most, much, particularly, passing, pretty much, quite, real, screamingly, so, thumping, to a degree, too, vastly, very, very much, very much indeed, well). (various references) neodoljivo, nadmoćno (superiorly, uppermost). (various references) irresistiblemente, de modo arrollador, abrumadormente. (various references) величезно, незчисленно, незліченно, нездоланно, непереборно. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Overwhelmingly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: overhelmingly, overwhelminly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "overwhelmingly" (pronounced ō'verwe"lminglē, ō'verhwe"lminglē, ō'verhwe"lmingglē , or ō'verwe"lmingglē) |
| 5 | -m i ng l ē | alarmingly, charmingly, disarmingly, numbingly, screamingly, seemingly. |
| 4 | -i ng l ē | accordingly, accusingly, admiringly, agonizingly, amazingly, amusingly, appallingly, appealingly, approvingly, astonishingly, astoundingly, breathtakingly, chillingly, compellingly, confusingly, convincingly, correspondingly, demandingly, depressingly, devastatingly, disappointingly, disparagingly, distressingly, disturbingly, embarrassingly, exceedingly, excruciatingly, fittingly, fleetingly, frighteningly, frowningly, frustratingly, glowingly, grudgingly, haltingly, hauntingly, increasingly, interestingly, intriguingly, jokingly, kiddingly, knowingly, laughingly, longingly, lovingly, maddeningly, menacingly, misleadingly, movingly, obligingly, painstakingly, pleasingly, reassuringly, refreshingly, resoundingly, shockingly, smilingly, soothingly, sparingly, sportingly, startlingly, strikingly, stunningly, surprisingly, tantalizingly, tellingly, threateningly, unfailingly, unhesitatingly, unknowingly, unsurprisingly, unthinkingly, unwillingly, unwittingly, warningly, willingly, wittingly. |
| 3 | -ng l ē | gangly, kingly, Langley, strongly, wrongly. |
| 5 | -m i ng l ē | alarmingly, charmingly, disarmingly, numbingly, screamingly, seemingly. |
| 4 | -i ng l ē | accordingly, accusingly, admiringly, agonizingly, amazingly, amusingly, appallingly, appealingly, approvingly, astonishingly, astoundingly, breathtakingly, chillingly, compellingly, confusingly, convincingly, correspondingly, demandingly, depressingly, devastatingly, disappointingly, disparagingly, distressingly, disturbingly, embarrassingly, exceedingly, excruciatingly, fittingly, fleetingly, frighteningly, frowningly, frustratingly, glowingly, grudgingly, haltingly, hauntingly, increasingly, interestingly, intriguingly, jokingly, kiddingly, knowingly, laughingly, longingly, lovingly, maddeningly, menacingly, misleadingly, movingly, obligingly, painstakingly, pleasingly, reassuringly, refreshingly, resoundingly, shockingly, smilingly, soothingly, sparingly, sportingly, startlingly, strikingly, stunningly, surprisingly, tantalizingly, tellingly, threateningly, unfailingly, unhesitatingly, unknowingly, unsurprisingly, unthinkingly, unwillingly, unwittingly, warningly, willingly, wittingly. |
| 3 | -ng l ē | gangly, kingly, Langley, strongly, wrongly. |
| 5 | -i ng g l ē | bracingly. |
| 4 | -ng g l ē | singly. |
| 3 | -g l ē | scraggly, smugly, snugly, ugly, vaguely. |
| 5 | -i ng g l ē | bracingly. |
| 4 | -ng g l ē | singly. |
| 3 | -g l ē | scraggly, smugly, snugly, ugly, vaguely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-i-l-l-m-n-o-r-v-w-y" | |
-2 letters: overwhelming. | |
-5 letters: hollering, hovelling, howlingly, leeringly, liverymen, mellowing, overlying, overweigh, overwhelm, revelling, rowelling, veeringly, volleying, wolverine, yellowing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 77 68 65 6C 6D 69 6E 67 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. .--. .... . .-.. -- .. -. --. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110111 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100111 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r w h e l m i n g l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0077 0068 0065 006C 006D 0069 006E 0067 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4988718489747178797580737891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, "ερμανός, német, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Quotations: Spoken 6. Quotations: Speeches 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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