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pervasively

pervasively adverb: in a pervasive manner, such that a thing is present in all parts.

Adverb

pervasively (not comparable)

  1. In a pervasive manner, such that a thing is present in all parts.
    • This demand, the reddendum, pervasively bepowers all human cognition.1996, Martin Heidegger, The Principle of Reason

Origin of pervasively

From pervasive + -ly.

Questions about pervasively

What does pervasively mean?
Pervasively means in a pervasive manner, such that a thing is present in all parts.
What part of speech is pervasively?
Pervasively is an adverb.

Words near pervasively in the dictionary

  1. pervasive developmental disorder
  2. pervasive developmental disorders
  3. pervasive game
  4. pervasive games
  5. pervasive refusal syndrome
  6. pervasively
  7. pervasiveness
  8. perve
  9. perveance
  10. perveances
  11. perved

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