overpoweringlyadv.
/ˌəʊvəˈpaʊərɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈpaʊ(ə)rɪŋli/ To an overpowering degree; overwhelmingly; in an overpowering manner.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > overwhelmingly
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1812 Examiner 7 Sept. 571/2 Overpoweringly droll.
1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxviii. 189 Sylvie..sprang to my lap, and with her paws at my neck, and her little nose and tongue somewhat overpoweringly busy about my face..flourished her bushy tail.
1886 J. A. Symonds Catholic Reaction in Renaissance in Italy (1898) VII. xiii. 218 One of his overpoweringly virulent invectives.
1903 W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy ii. 48 I'm so happy, so overpoweringly and stupendously happy!
1920 ‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain xii. 163 There are oddly nice bits about her, if only she weren't so overpoweringly opulent.
1991 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 May 3/4 Heidegger's overpoweringly compacted discipline of attention..lies behind the famous ‘sighting of the tree’ in La Nausée.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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