overwhelmingly

1. 1.

   incapable of being resisted

   “the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man”

   Synonymsoverpoweringlyirresistibly

Questions about overwhelmingly

What does overwhelmingly mean?

overwhelmingly means "incapable of being resisted".

How many syllables are in overwhelmingly?

overwhelmingly has 5 syllables: o-ver-whel-min-gly. The stress falls on "whel". In IPA it is /ˌoʊvɚˈwɛlmɪŋli/.

What is another word for overwhelmingly?

Close synonyms include overpoweringly, irresistibly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is overwhelmingly a common word?

overwhelmingly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.