| 单词 |
prevailingly |
| 释义 |
preˈvailingly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a prevailing manner or degree.
1. With prevailing effect; effectively, successfully. Now rare or Obs.
a1638Mede Wks. (1672) 366 We by him do that here on earth in a meaner way, which he..doth for us in heaven powerfully and prevailingly. a1683Oldham Poet. Wks. 15 Sure were the means, we chose, And wrought prevailingly.
2. In a preponderating degree; predominantly; chiefly, mainly.
1797W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXII. 248 The literature..and the manners..were prevailingly those of protestant Germany. 1845H. Rogers Ess. (1860) I. 97 The one is the prevailingly philosophical temperament..the other, the prevailingly poetical. 1878O. W. Holmes Motley 201 Of the seven United Provinces, two..were prevailingly Arminian.
So preˈvailingness, rare, the quality or faculty of prevailing.
1880G. Meredith Tragic Com. viii, His pride in his prevailingness thrilled her. |
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