preponderantly
preponderantly adverb: in a preponderant manner.
Adverb
preponderantly (comparative more preponderantly, superlative most preponderantly)
- In a preponderant manner.
- But when the second stage set in, in which man became preponderantly self-conscious, he inevitably set about deflecting sex-activities to his own private pleasure and advantage; he employed his budding intellect in scheming the derailment of passion and desire from tribal needs and, Nature's uses...1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 186
Forms of preponderantly
| comparative | more preponderantly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most preponderantly |
Origin of preponderantly
From preponderant + -ly.
Questions about preponderantly
- What does preponderantly mean?
- Preponderantly means in a preponderant manner.
- What part of speech is preponderantly?
- Preponderantly is an adverb.
Words near preponderantly in the dictionary
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