The Collaborative International Dictionary
Preponderantly
Preponderant \Pre*pon"der*ant\, a. [L. praeponderans, -antis: cf. F. pr['e]pond['e]rant. See Preponderate.] Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance. -- Pre*pon"der*ant*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
preponderantly
adv. In a preponderant manner.
WordNet
preponderantly
adv. much greater in number or influence; "the patients are predominantly indigenous" [syn: predominantly]
Usage examples of "preponderantly".
It was in like manner inevitable, from the fact that the immigrant class are preponderantly poor and of low social rank, that it should for two or three generations be looked upon as a church for the illiterate and unskilled laboring class.