Grammatical class

Adverb

universellement

universally

Details

Syllables

u-ni-ver-sel-le-ment

Phonetics

y.ni.vɛʁ.sɛ.lə.mɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

46780

Freq. (movies)

36926

Freq. (news)

44513

Sentences

Il n'y a pas de personne plus universellement méprisée que l'indécis volage, celle qui refuse de prendre position mais qui critique celle de tous les autres.

No one is more universally despised than the fence-sitter, a person who refuses to take a position but criticizes that of everyone else.

B1

C’est une vérité universellement reconnue qu’un célibataire pourvu d’une belle fortune doit avoir envie de se marier.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

B2