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preponderously

preponderously adverb: preponderantly.

Adverb

preponderously (comparative more preponderously, superlative most preponderously)

  1. preponderantly
    • Yet, feminist scholars have pointed out (Büskens, Hochschild) the work of care inherent in mothering, and which remains preponderously the task of women, does not avail itself to the demands of the modern world […]2021, Fiona J. Green, Andrea O'Reilly, Mothers, Mothering, and COVID-19: Dispatches from the Pandemic

Forms of preponderously

comparativemore preponderously
superlativemost preponderously

Questions about preponderously

What does preponderously mean?
Preponderously means preponderantly.
What part of speech is preponderously?
Preponderously is an adverb.

Words near preponderously in the dictionary

  1. preponderations
  2. prepondered
  3. preponderence
  4. prepondering
  5. preponderous
  6. preponderously
  7. preponders
  8. prepone
  9. preponed
  10. preponement
  11. prepones

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