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
This Requiem is prevailingly gentle and meditative, more Brahmsian than Verdian in mood, but by no means toothless or lacking in drama.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 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 American Indians tamed the llama and alpaca and a few species of native plants; even where their habits were prevailingly sedentary they domesticated no birds.
From Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
