predominately

English

Etymology

predominate (“adjective”) +‎ -ly

Adverb

predominately (comparative more predominately, superlative most predominately)

  1. (dated or nonstandard) In a predominate manner; predominantly

Usage notes

This is the adverb form of the adjective predominate, to which predominant is now preferred. Likewise, predominantly is now preferred to predominately although the latter is 100 years or so older.

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