overwhelmingly
adverb
over·whelm·ing·ly
ˌō-vər-ˈ(h)wel-miŋ-lē 
1
a
: to an overwhelming extent
an overwhelmingly powerful army
b
: extremely
overwhelmingly mediocre
2
: mostly by far
the workers were overwhelmingly female
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Kansas City voters overwhelmingly approved a $474 million bond for Kansas City Public Schools in Tuesday’s election, according to unofficial results from the Kansas City Board of Elections.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Voters overwhelmingly support expanding access to housing, mental health care, jobs, and education—not rounding up immigrants, slashing Medicaid, and stoking division.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
In earthquake-prone Italy, which had already shuttered its reactors, voters overwhelmingly rejected a government proposal to allow new ones to be constructed.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Reddit community overwhelmingly sides with the mom and her choice to make some space.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Voters overwhelmingly support expanding access to housing, mental health care, jobs, and education—not rounding up immigrants, slashing Medicaid, and stoking division.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
In earthquake-prone Italy, which had already shuttered its reactors, voters overwhelmingly rejected a government proposal to allow new ones to be constructed.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Reddit community overwhelmingly sides with the mom and her choice to make some space.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Overwhelmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overwhelmingly. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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