adv. Also vniuersalliche, 5 vniuerselly, 6 -allye, -allie. [f. as prec. + -LY2.] In a universal manner.
1. In every case or instance.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVI. ii. (Bodl. MS.). Grauel … also … haþ vniuersalliche kinde of druynge and of clensinge.
1530. Palsgr., Introd. p. xvii. That thyng happeneth in the soundyng of thre of theyr vowelles onely,… and that nat universally, but onely so often as [etc.].
1544. Exhort., in Priv. Prayers (1851), 565. Universally in all our affairs, whatsoever shall befall unto us.
1613. Purchas, Pilgrimage (1614), 130. The fat and bloud being vniuersally forbidden them for food.
1625. N. Carpenter, Geogr. Del., I. iii. 66. This proportion is not to be taken vniuersally, but commonly for the most part.
1755. Magens, Insurances, II. 189. All Insurances on expected Gains [etc.] … are universally forbid.
1781. Gibbon, Decl. & F., xxxviii. (1787), III. 588. Under the empire of Charlemagne, murder was universally punished with death.
1809. Coleridge, Friend, 28. Such a Rule, if it were universally established, would encourage the arrogant.
1871. Mozley, Univ. Serm., vi. (1876), 122. It would not be true … to say that use was universally accompanied by beauty.
2. So as to include every individual of a group or number; without exception of any.
c. 1412. Hoccleve, De Reg. Princ., 2454. I wolde that the hye degree Of Chiualrie vniuersally Bare vp his hede.
1496. Act 12 Hen. VII., c. 6. Wollen Clothe,… by making wherof … the pover pepull have moste universally their leving.
1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., III. 210. Not one or two of them, but all the Scholemen vniuersallye.
1590. Greene, Never too late (1600), 9. Women are vniuersally mala necessaria, wheresoeuer they be eyther bred or brought vp.
1618. Bolton, Florus (1636), 141. Spaine never had a disposition to rise universally against us.
1662. Stillingfl., Orig. Sacræ, III. i. § 11. It is hardly conceivable … how mankind should universally agree in some common sentiments.
1709. Steele, Tatler, No. 46, ¶ 1. The Zealots … fell universally into this Emperor’s Policies.
1798. S. & Ht. Lee, Canterb. T., II. 133. A splendid entertainment, to which the English strangers were universally invited.
1847. G. Harris, Life Ld. Hardwicke, II. 33. The whole nation was universally against it.
1869. Tozer, Highl. Turkey, II. 308. They are almost universally malevolent.
3. With extension to every part of a definite whole; in every part or place; everywhere.
c. 1430. Hoccleve, Min. Poems, 46. The sonne, of whom hir light Shee [sc. the moon] takith, & it vniuerselly Yeueth vn-to the world whan it is nyght.
1577. Holinshed, Chron., II. 362/1. Murreyn of cattel beganne … so vniuersally in all places, that no towne nor village escaped free.
1664. H. More, Myst. Iniq., xvi. 58. Which implies that the Church has a right … to be universally spred over the face of the Earth.
1664. H. Power, Exp. Philos., I. 61. They are universally diffused throughout all Bodies in the World.
1750. trans. Leonardus’ Mirr. Stones, p. ix. An age when Superstition universally prevailed.
1796. H. Hunter, trans. St.-Pierre’s Stud. Nat., V. 188. The opinion … is universally propagated over all the Nations.
1846. J. Baxter’s Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4), I. 15. It is an element universally present in nature.
1871. C. Davies, Metric Syst., III. 275. We have universally the Winchester bushel.
1872. Raymond, Statist. Mines & Mining, 15. Universally distributed through the vein.
† 4. So as to affect the whole or every part of something expressed or implied; all over. Obs.
c. 1485. Digby Myst. (1882), IV. 1357. He suffered patiently … To be woundid vniuersally with scowrges, nayles, & spere.
1580. Blundevil, Horsemanship, III. 72. If he be vexed with an ague, or with anie other disease, vniuersallie hurting his bodie.
1734. trans. Rollin’s Anc. Hist. (1827), IX. 154. The whole city continued universally in flames.
1758. J. S., Le Dran’s Observ. Surg. (1771), 36. The Child seemed to be universally swelled.
1793. Minstrel, II. 159. The storm … universally chilled her frame.
1805. Emily Clark, Banks of Douro, II. 280. She trembled so universally, that Lucy gave her some … water to drink.
† b. Inclusively, all together. Obs.–1
1673. Cave, Prim. Chr., III. i. 221. Himself, family, and house [were] universally burnt to ashes.
5. Logic and Metaph. In relation to all the members of a class or genus; in the manner of a universal proposition or concept (see UNIVERSAL a. 11).
1551. T. Wilson, Logike, G vi b. The argument is euermore made from the generall, to the kynde vniuersally.
1620. T. Granger, Div. Logike, II. vi. The predicate is in the Subiect vniuersally, that is, in euery subiect of the same kind.
1678. Cudworth, Intell. Syst., 67. The Essences of singular Bodies … being Abstracted from those Bodies themselves, are consider’d Universally.
1697. trans. Burgersdicius’ Logic, I. xxxi. 122. The enunciation universally first is only that in which the predicate agrees or convenes with the subject.
1725. Watts, Logic, I. ii. (1726), 152. Mankind … generally have an Inclination to magnify their Ideas, and to talk roundly and universally concerning any thing they speak of.
1825. Whately, Logic, in Encycl. Metrop. (1845), I. 200/1. The term ‘necessary to life’ is affirmed of food, but not universally; for it is not said of every kind of food.
b. In relation to, in respect of, all the things or subjects of the same class or kind.
1660. Boyle, New Exp. Phys. Mech., Pref. p. xiii. Being almost universally a Linguist.
1741. Kames, Decis. Crt. Sess., 1730–52 (1799), 37. The defender’s possession of the estate subjected him universally to the predecessor’s debts.
6. With respect to every individual of a class; by, among, to, etc., all the persons concerned.
1647. Clarendon, Hist. Reb., II. § 51. Which was a design willingly heard, and universally grateful.
1667. Milton, P. L., IX. 542. Thy Celestial Beautie…, there best beheld Where universally admir’d.
1726. Swift, Gulliver, II. vii. I could not avoid reflecting how universally this talent was spread, of drawing lectures in morality … from the quarrels we raise with nature.
1765. Museum Rust., IV. 344. Rye is generally (nay universally, I think) allowed to be a better bearer than wheat.
1796. Jane Austen, Pride & Prej., i. (1813), 1. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
1804. Med. Jrnl., XII. 397. As to my third assertion, its truth is so universally known, that all proof is unnecessary.
1838. De Morgan, Ess. Probab., 167. These tables … are almost universally used by the assurance offices.
1875. W. S. Hayward, Love agst. World, 5. He was universally respected in the county.
7. With adjs. or pa. pples. (Sometimes hyphened.)
1656. Cowley, Praise of Pindar, Notes iv. The Fabulous, but universally received Tradition.
1675. Owen, Indwelling Sin, v. (1732), 43. The constant keeping of the Soul in an universally holy Frame.
a. 1700. Evelyn, Diary, 13 July 1654. We all din’d at that … universally-curious Dr. Wilkin’s.
1818. Cobbett, Pol. Reg., XXXIII. 180. The chief reason of this universally evil effect.
1869. Dunkin, Midn. Sky, 8. The universally-known seven stars in Ursa Major.
1890. Science-Gossip, XXVI. 30/1. The universally received opinion.
