prevailingly
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
But the tone of the play is prevailingly wry and ironic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here the sky is prevailingly cloudy; the air is hot and oppressive; heavy showers and thunderstorms are frequent, chiefly in the afternoon and evening.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
