predominantly
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From predominant + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]predominantly (comparative more predominantly, superlative most predominantly)
- In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.
- The membership is predominantly elderly, as 90% are over age 60.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 3:
- Both groups are predominantly confined to areas with warm to tropical climates […]
- 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, , page 5:
- The first phase of our pilot study found that the signage on the campus grounds was well regulated by the institution and was predominantly English.
- 2020 April 28, Christina Macfarlane, “‘There is nothing worse than hunger,’ says South Africa hero Siya Kolisi of helping townships during lockdown”, in CNN[1]:
- “With the food packages that we drop off, we are adding messages in the local dialect of Xhosa, because this is predominately for the Xhosa areas,” Kolisi said.
Usage notes
[edit]This adverb form of the adjective predominant is preferred over predominately (the adverb form of the adjective predominate), which is considered dated or non-standard.
Synonyms
[edit]- primarily, principally; see also Thesaurus:mostly or Thesaurus:usually
Translations
[edit]in a predominant manner
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