Countrywide
adj, adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Throughout a country. not-comparable
"In order to provide for a large measure of rail participation in countrywide collection and delivery of small consignments—a task they were never particularly well suited to do, and which they did only because the horse and cart were worse—the railways sacrificed their main advantages."
- 1 occurring or extending throughout a country or nation wordnet
- 1 Throughout a country. not-comparable
"…America, with such vital power, with a people ambitious, wealthy, great and of a noble past, has a task before it, into which it will enter with a will, since the need is felt countrywide."
Example
More examples"The government ordered a countrywide lockdown that included halting all flights and road travel as a prophylactic measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus."
Etymology
From country + -wide.
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