overmasteringlyadv.
/ˌəʊvəˈmɑːst(ə)rɪŋli/, /ˌəʊvəˈmast(ə)rɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmæst(ə)rɪŋli/ To an overmastering degree.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adverb] > so as to overcome or overwhelm
crushingly1816
overmasteringly1866
1866 Contemp. Rev. 2 539 The blinding gladness of life was overmasteringly strong.
1900 J. MacCunn Making of Char. ii. x. 127 The career of many a boy has been overmasteringly shaped for good, or for evil, by the sort of fiction that has been the companion of early years.
1955 J. B. Cabell As I remember It 239 I had already entered into my forties, and was both contentedly and overmasteringly married.
1975 Christian 2 234 We still have the need for love to be returned to us by both other human beings and, overmasteringly, by God himself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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