predominantly

English

Etymology

predominant +‎ -ly

Adverb

predominantly (comparative more predominantly, superlative most predominantly)

1. In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.

   The membership is predominantly elderly, 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 […]

Usage notes

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

• primarily, principally; see also Thesaurus:mostly or Thesaurus:usually

Translations

in a predominant manner

• Catalan: predominantment (ca)
• Czech: převážně (cs)
• Finnish: lähinnä (fi), etupäässä, valtaosin, valtaosaltaan
• French: principalement (fr), majoritairement (fr), essentiellement (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: vorwiegend (de), überwiegend (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overveiende

• Russian: преиму́щественно (ru) (preimúščestvenno)
• Spanish: principalmente (es)