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universally

[ yoo-nuh-vur-suh-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a universal manner; in every instance or place; without exception.


universally

/ ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəlɪ /

adverb

  1. everywhere or in every case; without exception

    this principle applies universally



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Word History and Origins

Origin of universally1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; universal, -ly

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Example Sentences

While this deferred action is controversial in the United States, in Mexico, what Obama did is universally popular.

Restaurant described latkes as “Mini hash browns,” which he thinks is why they are so universally beloved.

At the height of the Soviet Union, the proletariat universally understood everything their government said was a work of fiction.

Many forms of public shaming in the Internet era focus on more or less universally acknowledged standards of courtesy.

He is far from universally loved, however, scoring particularly badly among women voters.

It is more universally distributed over the whole Island, in the cultivated as well as the wild parts.

Ladislaus IV, king of Poland, died, aged 80; universally respected for all those virtues which should grace a throne.

In truth, he says, it was universally acknowledged that 'such an army did not go out of England in our time.'

Duty and privilege are universally connected; and hence, where the one is awanting, the other cannot be found.

Captain Frank Johnson, died in Philadelphia in 1844, universally respected, and regretted as an irreparable loss to society.

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