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Definition of Preponderantly
1. Adverb. Much greater in number or influence. "The patients are predominantly indigenous"
Definition of Preponderantly
1. Adverb. In a preponderant manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preponderantly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preponderantly
Literary usage of Preponderantly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"Reciprocal innervation in willed movements. Preponderant representation in the "
motor " cortex of the same movements as are preponderantly ..."
2. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"Reciprocal innervation in willed movements. Preponderant representation in the "
motor " cortex of the same movements as are preponderantly ..."
3. From Freedom to Despotism: A Rational Prediction and Forewarning by Charles Mahlon Hollingsworth (1910)
"68) Thus the United States is assumed to be a state that is "preponderantly
marine,"—certainly a most extraordinary and preposterous view of a country ..."
4. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1909)
"This is chiefly due to the distinctions recognized among the lime-soda-feldspars,
those preponderantly sodic being separated from those preponderantly ..."
5. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"Body, wings and size preponderantly î . Antenna; somewhat more shortly ...
preponderantly J. Thorax and right antenna î ; left antenna lighter, ..."
6. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"And we have seen that a proprio-ceptive organ (the labyrinth) in the head segments
seems preponderantly regulative in those functions which the ..."
7. Mechanisms of Character Formation: An Introduction to Psychoanalysis by William Alanson White (1916)
"While any given act may be preponderantly nutritive or sexual it is also, to a
much less degree, to be sure, the other. The libido tendencies are ..."
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