"predominantly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /pɹɪˈdɒmɪnəntli/ Audio: en-us-predominantly.ogg Forms: more predominantly [comparative], most predominantly [superlative]
Etymology: From predominant + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|predominant|-ly|id2=adverbial}} predominant + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} predominantly (comparative more predominantly, superlative most predominantly)
  1. In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin. Synonyms: primarily, principally, mostly, usually Translations (in a predominant manner): башлыса (başlısa) (Bashkir), преимуществено (preimuštestveno) (Bulgarian), predominantment (Catalan), převážně (Czech), lähinnä (Finnish), etupäässä (Finnish), valtaosin (Finnish), valtaosaltaan (Finnish), principalement (French), majoritairement (French), essentiellement (French), vorwiegend (German), überwiegend (German), hauptsächlich (German), vorrangig (German), overveiende (Norwegian Bokmål), principalmente (Portuguese), predominantemente (Portuguese), преиму́щественно (preimúščestvenno) (Russian), pretežno (Serbo-Croatian), principalmente (Spanish)

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