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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Brown was overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 98-0.
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Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
Brown was overwhelmingly confirmed as chief of the Air Force with a vote of 98-0 in the Senate.
—Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Jerome Wright, an activist who spent a decade in solitary confinement while in prison, described the strike as another effort to undermine a law overwhelmingly approved by the state Legislature.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
The social media reaction has been overwhelmingly positive.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
Brown was overwhelmingly confirmed as chief of the Air Force with a vote of 98-0 in the Senate.
—Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Jerome Wright, an activist who spent a decade in solitary confinement while in prison, described the strike as another effort to undermine a law overwhelmingly approved by the state Legislature.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
The social media reaction has been overwhelmingly positive.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Overwhelmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overwhelmingly. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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