universally
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English universally; equivalent to universal + -ly.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəli/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: u‧ni‧ver‧sal‧ly
Adverb edit
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.
Synonyms edit
- (universal manner): See also Thesaurus:generally
Collocations edit
Adjectives often used with "universally"
accepted, recognized, acknowledged, agreed, known, used, applied, adopted, applicable, valid, true, present, available, accessible, acceptable, popular, binding, human
Translations edit
in a universal manner
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Further reading edit
- “universally”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “universally”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- universely, universaly, universelly, universalliche, unyversaliche, universaliche, unyversally, universalye
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
universally (Late Middle English)
- en masse; impacting or influencing everything or everyone.
- usually, commonly, frequently
- universally, always.
- (rare) entirely, fully.
Descendants edit
- English: universally
References edit
- “ūniversā̆llī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-31.