What is another word for predominantly?

Pronunciation: [pɹɪdˈɒmɪnəntli] (IPA)

Predominantly is an adverb that refers to something that is the most common or prevalent among several others. Synonyms for predominantly include mainly, chiefly, principally, primarily, largely, mostly, mainly, essentially, substantially, fundamentally, basically, ultimately, overall, primarily, essentially, and in essence. All of these synonyms convey a similar connotation to predominantly and can be used interchangeably depending on the context. For example, if a person is predominantly vegetarian, it means that they mostly eat vegetarian food. Similarly, if a business is predominantly online, it means that it mostly operates over the internet. So, depending on the context, you can use any of these synonyms to give your writing or speech variety.

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What are the opposite words for predominantly?

When we use the word predominantly, we indicate that something is mostly or mainly made up of a particular characteristic. It is the opposite of words like rarely, seldom, barely, occasionally, infrequently, and sporadically. For instance, something that rarely happens is not predominantly happening, while something that happens occasionally is not predominantly happening either. This highlights that something that happens predominantly occurs often or constitutes the primary part of a particular characteristic. Conversely, something that happens scarcely, irregularly, or rarely is the opposite of predominantly occurring, indicating that it doesn't happen often or account for a considerable part of something.

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Usage examples for Predominantly

Since it became predominantly Semitic, over a thousand years before our survey, it had fallen under simultaneous or successive dominations, exercised from at least three regions within itself and from one without.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
In the province, three counties out of nine were as predominantly Nationalist as any part of Leinster.
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn
His extraordinary influence in the recent past is not due to any supreme originality or fertility of mind; it is predominantly due to his eagle-winged imagination.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller

Famous quotes with Predominantly

  • We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.
    Mortimer Adler
  • Rossi was the first to describe another system working with valves in parallel; it has the advantage that it can easily be extended to coincidences between more than two events, and is therefore predominantly used today.
    Walther Bothe
  • Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me.
    Taye Diggs
  • My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white.
    Fran Drescher
  • In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school.
    Jonathan Kozol

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