World-historically
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a world-historical manner.
"Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor met while filming Cleopatra in the late 1950s, and both were married. Their affair was considered hardly less sensational and world-historically important than that of the characters they played."
Example
More examples"Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor met while filming Cleopatra in the late 1950s, and both were married. Their affair was considered hardly less sensational and world-historically important than that of the characters they played."
Etymology
From world-historical + -ly.
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