prevailing
adjective
prevailingly
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a word derived from
prevailing.
Example Sentences
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Finally, a revelation in the last scene forces the audience to reconsider everything that has come before, in a bleak light that seems at odds with the prevailingly comic tone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2017
Subtitled “Tragic” by Mahler at his last performance of the symphony, it is prevailingly dark, and often gritty and abrasive.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2016
Instead, Andris Nelsons led a performance that was prevailingly muscular.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2011
The prevailingly positive public mood was reflected in Congress, where the critical outbursts that erupted two weeks ago were more muted last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The long, spirally coiled intestine, which can be seen on the under side of the animal, is an adaptation to its prevailingly herbivorous diet, which requires a prolonged digestion.
From The Ranidae How to breed, feed and raise the edible frog by Unknown
