Meanings
adverbpredominately (comparative more predominately, superlative most predominately)
comparative more predominately · superlative most predominately
- datednonstandardIn a predominate manner; predominantly.
In the case of gibnut (Agouti paca), however, my memories are occupied predominately with my efforts to avoid eating this creature.
2011, Helen R. Haines, “A Rat by Any Other Name: Conflicting Definitions of “Dinner” in Belize, Central America”, in Helen R. Haines, Clare A. Sammells, editors, Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences in Dining from Around the World, Boulder, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, →ISBN, section I (The Main Course), page 45
Origin
From predominate (“adjective”) + -ly.
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