prevailingly

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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 ease with which the native populations of the conquered districts, exclusively or prevailingly Christian, adapted themselves to the new rule is very striking.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various