How do you pronounce "universally"?

Pronounced //ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli//.

Universally

Q: What is a synonym for "universally"?

Common synonyms include: all over, all over hell, all round, all things considered, always, and everywhere.

//ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli// adv

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Definitions

Adverb

1
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."
2
By everyone or by the vast majority of people.
"The movie was universally praised by its audience."

Adverb

1
in every case wordnet

Synonyms

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all over all over hell all round all things considered always and everywhere

Example

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"The word of God is the creation we behold and it is in this word, which no human invention can counterfeit or alter, that God speaketh universally to man."

Etymology

From Middle English universally; equivalent to universal + -ly.

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