prevailingly en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English prevailing Middle English -ly English -ly English prevailingly From prevailing + -ly.
Meanings
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Mainly, predominantly.
Such places weren't strange to him when they took the form of bourgeois back parlours, a trifle ominously grey and grim from their north light, at watering-places prevailingly homes of humbug, or even when they wore some aspect still less, if not perhaps still more, insidious.
1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more prevailingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most prevailingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |