Preponderantly

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  preponderantly
       adv : much greater in number or influence; "the patients are
             predominantly indigenous" [syn: {predominantly}]