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Webster 1913 Edition

Universally

Uˊni-ver′sal-ly

,
adv.
In a universal manner; without exception;
as, God’s laws are
universally
binding on his creatures
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Universally

UNIVERS'ALLY

,
adv.
With extension to the whole; in a manner to comprehend all; without exception. Air is a fluid universally diffused. God's laws are universally binding on his creatures.
[Note - Universal and its derivatives are used in common discourse for general. This kind of universality is by the schoolmen called moral, as admitting of some exceptions, in distinction from metophysical, which precludes all exceptions.]

Definition 2024

universally

universally

English

Adverb

universally ‎(comparative more universally, superlative most universally)

  1. In a universal manner.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
      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: […] .

Etymology

universal +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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