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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. Jason Chua:

    Personalization is something consumers expect universally. They can tailor anything from their phone to a coffee order to a loan online, airlines are responding to that desire for customization, but right now there are significant limitations to bringing a similar level of choice to commercial air travel -- even the smallest change in an aircraft cabin can take anywhere from seven to 10 years.

  2. Mitch McConnell:

    We've known..that this variant is significantly milder, we've known for many months that the universally available vaccines reduce the odds of hospitalization or death down to the level of many routine risks that we all face constantly in our daily lives.

  3. Kimihiko Moriya:

    Circumcision is not a universally accepted custom.

  4. Mark Baldassare:

    There's been a whole bunch of issues that have been very tough to solve, things are going to get better, because the vaccine is going to get more universally available to people. And so that's going to change a lot of people's attitudes.

  5. Jim Merrill:

    I guess before people jump out for any candidate, they want to make sure they are sincere. Nikki certainly has her supporters. Tim is almost universally liked, and obviously South Carolinians have certainly heard about [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis and [Virginia Gov.] Glenn Youngkin, there is some wariness over the whole drama that follows President Trump sometimes.

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