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overpoweringly

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o·ver·pow·er·ing  (vr-pour-ng)
adj.
So strong as to be overwhelming: an overpowering need for solitude.
over·power·ing·ly adv.
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Adv.1.overpoweringly - incapable of being resisted; "the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man"
irresistibly, overwhelmingly


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Philippe listened attentively to every sound; his heart panted and throbbed at the very suspicion of approaching terror and misfortune; but confident in his own strength, which was confirmed by the force of an overpoweringly resolute determination, he waited until some decisive circumstance should permit him to judge for himself.
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It was overpoweringly ridiculous,--we must honestly confess it, --the deportment of the maiden lady while setting her shop in order for the public eye.
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Mingling with the remembrance thus aroused, there rose in me unbidden, a temptation so overpoweringly vile, and yet so irresistible in the state of my mind at the moment, that it shook me to the soul.
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