What is another word for predominately?

Pronunciation: [pɹɪdˈɒmɪnˌe͡ɪtli] (IPA)

Predominately is an adverb that signifies something that is dominant or has a greater influence, importance or power than other things. It can be used to describe the majority of characteristics or features of a situation or object. Synonyms for predominately include mainly, primarily, chiefly, largely, predominantly, generally and mostly. These words have similar meanings to predominately and can be used interchangeably. However, they may imply a slightly different emphasis or tone depending on the context in which they are used. It is important to choose the right synonym to convey the intended message accurately.

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Usage examples for Predominately

Knowing, feeling, and willing, therefore, are merely convenient terms that express the varying, changing modes of consciousness, which at one time may be predominately feeling, at another knowing, and again willing.
"Parent and Child Vol. III., Child Study and Training"
Mosiah Hall
Certain halls in the universities were predominately Puritan.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
No more unhealthy position could be imagined than one which would render it possible for an amendment of the Home Rule Act, whether in the direction of greater latitude or of stricter limitation, to depend solely upon the Irish vote in an Assembly predominately non-Irish.
"The Framework of Home Rule"
Erskine Childers

Famous quotes with Predominately

  • My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white.
    Fran Drescher
  • In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died.
    Bobby Scott
  • I don't see it in terms of changing things, but rather using language and music as weapons for fighting a mainstream media which is predominately right wing, and loyal to the political framework and its corporate interests.
    Thom Yorke
  • Many members of Isis are not sophisticated attackers. The majority of members do not have a technical background. The UCC is predominately capable of hacking soft targets, such as Twitter accounts, and spreading propaganda or defacing websites
    James Scott
  • We live in a predominately Christian culture which has lost its living connection to the symbolism of wafer and wine. Lacking spiritual sustenance there is a genuine hunger and thirst. The archetypal structure behind the wafer and wine is slowly giving way to a new configuration, but we are in chaos during the transition. That chaos breeds loneliness, fear and alienation. While that sense of aloneness is hard to endure, it can be of supreme value in the analytic process. The new life always comes out of the dispossessed, as Christ came from the cow stable.
    Marion Woodman

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