Universally
[juːnɪ'vɜːsəlɪ] or [,junɪ'vɝsəli]
Definition
(adv.) In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures.
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Examples
- However opinions may differ on a variety of subjects, I should think it would be universally agreed, Sir Leicester, that I am not much to boast of. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have been treated and respected as a gentleman universally. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We are all familiar with the less powerful ones which are universally used on automobiles for night driving and in a multitude of other every-day practices. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Dick, of Chicago, and in the years since it has been universally introduced throughout the world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It has been universally recognized as one of the most valuable inventions in the history of the lighting art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The term variety is almost equally difficult to define; but here community of descent is almost universally implied, though it can rarely be proved. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- That is universally allowed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The opposition has gradually ceased, and the Franklinian system is now universally adopted where science flourishes. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I started in, and soon produced the carbon transmitter, which is now universally used. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is too insolvent a state of things for any one with any self-respect to entertain, and is universally scouted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She was proved to have been universally mistaken; and she had not quite done nothingfor she had done mischief. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Of the former methods, when gold was found loose in sand or gravel, washing was the earliest and most universally practised, and was called panning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This exceedingly useful apparatus has been improved and universally used wherever steam boilers are found. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In most places, however, for it is not universally so, his day-wages are somewhat lower. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Sir John, who called on them more than once, brought home such accounts of the favour they were in, as must be universally striking. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Afterwards, they universally found it convenient to delegate it to some substitute, bailiff, or judge. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He will also be universally esteemed, considered, consulted, depended on--too much so. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The second relation I shall observe as essential to causes and effects, is not so universally acknowledged, but is liable to some controversy. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It seems to have done so universally in the rude beginnings of agriculture. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They universally, therefore, established the reformation in their own dominions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This separated the two lighting systems thoroughly, went into immediate service, and is universally used to-day. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On this combination I obtained a patent which is now universally used. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She danced next with an officer, and had the refreshment of talking of Wickham, and of hearing that he was universally liked. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- That's what her ladyship is; she's universally admired, says Mr. Bucket. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- War is the natural state of nations, said a popular London men's weekly[470] the other day, with an air of repeating something universally known. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lady Dedlock, you see she's universally admired. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Few members of the animal creation are more universally serviceable to man than the codfish. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This population was largely industrial, and her woven goods were universally famous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are universally despised,--never received into any decent society. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This patent was extended for seven years from January 9, 1863, and covered a very important and universally used feature of the knitting machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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