Overwhelmingly
[,ovɚ'hwɛlmɪŋli]
Definition
(adv.) incapable of being resisted; 'the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man'.
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Examples
- In this respect the motorcycle is said to have the advantage overwhelmingly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But the trend of things was overwhelmingly towards monarchy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By the scale of a world history the Roman Empire ceases to seem so overwhelmingly important. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The blood rushed back into her face--rushed overwhelmingly, as the sense rushed upon her mind that her own words had betrayed her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They are overwhelmingly rich in biographic material, but analysis would be a prohibitive task for one person, and perhaps interesting only to technical readers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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