universally
Syllables: u·ni·ver·sal·lyUK/ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəli//ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/
universally adverb: in a universal manner.
Adverb
universally (comparative more universally, superlative most universally)
- In a universal manner.
- My experience of the people was that they were universally polite, civil, and clean, and during the whole time I spent in the country, I only saw one drunken man.1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 12
- 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: […] .2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
- By everyone or by the vast majority of people.
- The movie was universally praised by its audience.
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 1
universally meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
universally in Hindi
- सार्वभौमिक रूप से, सर्वव्यापी रूप से, सार्वभौमिक तौर पर
universally in Tamil
- எங்கும், எல்லா இடத்திலும்
universally in Marathi
- सार्वत्रिकपणे, सार्वत्रिकरीत्या
universally in Telugu
- సార్వత్రికంగా
More languagesFewer languages
- universally in Malayalam
- സർവ്വസാധാരണമായി, സാർവ്വത്രികമായി, എല്ലായിടത്തും
- universally in Kannada
- ಸಾರ್ವತ್ರಿಕವಾಗಿ
- universally in Punjabi
- ਸਰਬਵਿਆਪੀ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ, ਸਰਬਵਿਆਪੀ ਤੌਰ'ਤੇ, ਸਰਬਵਿਆਪੀ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ
- universally in Gujarati
- સાર્વત્રિક રીતે
Examples of universally in a sentence
- He endured a fair share of criticism during his lifetime, but his works are now universally considered to be masterpieces.
- For the past decade there were two more or less universally acknowledged truths about digital advertising.
- In fact, the problem of self-reporting in data collection is universally acknowledged.
Forms of universally
| comparative | more universally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most universally |
Origin of universally
From Middle English universally; equivalent to universal + -ly.
Words formed from universally
Questions about universally
- What does universally mean?
- Universally means in a universal manner.
- What is universally in Hindi?
- Universally in Hindi is सार्वभौमिक रूप से, सर्वव्यापी रूप से, सार्वभौमिक तौर पर. See Universally meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is universally?
- Universally is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce universally?
- Universally is pronounced /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/ (US).
Words near universally in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: universally (page history and authors); universally (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); universally (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); universally (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); universally (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); universally (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); universally (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); universally (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); universally (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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