universally
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English universally; equivalent to universal + -ly
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəli/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: uni‧ver‧sally
AdverbEdit
universally (comparative more universally, superlative most universally)
- In a universal manner.
- 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 12:
- My experience of the people was that they were universally polite, civil, and clean, and during the whole time I spent in the country, I only saw one drunken man.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion[1]:
- If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
- By everyone or by the vast majority of people.
- The movie was universally praised by its audience.
SynonymsEdit
- (universal manner): See also Thesaurus:generally
TranslationsEdit
in a universal manner
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Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- universely, universaly, universelly, universalliche, unyversaliche, universaliche, unyversally, universalye
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
universally (Late Middle English)
- en masse; impacting or influencing everything or everyone.
- usually, commonly, frequently
- universally, always.
- (rare) entirely, fully.
DescendantsEdit
- English: universally
ReferencesEdit
- “ūniversā̆llī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-31.