overwhelmingly

overwhelmingly
over·whelm·ing·ly
[ˌəʊvəˈ(h)welmɪŋli, AM ˌoʊvɚˈ-]
adv
1. (intensely) überwältigend
\overwhelmingly friendly unheimlich freundlich
2. (by a very large margin) deutlich
to defeat sb/sth \overwhelmingly jdn/etw eindeutig besiegen
* * *
["əʊvə'welmIŋlɪ]
adv
1)

(= extremely) he was quite overwhelmingly friendly — er war umwerfend freundlich

he began to feel overwhelmingly anxious — er begann, sich unwahrscheinlich ängstlich zu fühlen

2) (= predominantly) approve, reject, support mit überwältigender Mehrheit; white, positive größtenteils

they voted overwhelmingly for it — sie haben mit überwältigender Mehrheit dafür gestimmt

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adv.
überwältigend adv.

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