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Princeton's WordNet

  1. universallyadverb

    everywhere

    "people universally agree on this"

Wiktionary

  1. universallyadverb

    In a universal manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Universallyadverb

    Throughout the whole; without exception.

    Etymology: from universal.

    Those offences which are breaches of supernatural laws, violate in general that principle of reason which willeth universally to fly from evil. Richard Hooker.

    There best beheld, where universally admir’d. John Milton.

    What he borrows from the antients, he repays with usury of his own, in coin as good, and as universally valuable. Dryd.

    This institution of charity-schools universally prevailed. Addis.

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  1. universally

    Universally refers to something that is applicable, valid, true or present everywhere, without any exceptions. It is involving, relating to, or affecting all members, elements, individuals or categories in a group or entity. It can also pertain to an idea or law that is universally acknowledged, accepted or recognized by people in general.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Universallyadverb

    in a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures

Editors Contribution

  1. universallyadverb

    In a universal manner.

    The project was universally accepted of being fundamentally specific to evolution.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 5, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of universally in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of universally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of universally in a Sentence

  1. Tim Morgan:

    John Wilkes Booth Booth stayed nearby in a pine thicket, they were helped by the Confederate underground. He learned here that his act was almost universally condemned.

  2. Michael Douglas:

    Being in a movie like this is universally loved and appreciated in a time where our globe is disintegrating and getting so divisive and all of this -- to have people around the world you know, love a movie, it really makes me happy to be a part of this industry.

  3. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:

    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife.

  4. Chuck Hoskin:

    I hope the lesson people can learn from Cherokee Nation's success is that you've got to invest in health care during the good times, make it a priority for Cherokee Nation and make it universally accessible for your citizens.

  5. Peter Hotez:

    Trying to do science by press release, without backing it up, either with a traditional journal or a preprint... has universally led to misunderstanding and has no place in science. The biotechs are doing it because they're writing for their shareholders, they're writing for their investors, but it's being done in a way that's oblivious to its public health impact and needs to stop.

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