preponderantly

English

Etymology

From preponderant +‎ -ly.

Adverb

preponderantly (comparative more preponderantly, superlative most preponderantly)

1. In a preponderant manner.
   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 186:

     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 to the poor details of his own gratification.