pervasivelyadv.
/pəˈveɪsᵻvli/, /pəˈveɪzᵻvli/, U.S. /pərˈveɪsᵻvli/ In a pervasive manner.
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the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adverb] > pervasively
transfusively1635
pervadingly1831
pervasively1854
1854 P. Fairbairn Typology Script. 448 It proceeds on a complete misconception of the law of Moses, which was fundamentally and pervasively moral in its character.
1895 R. F. Horton Teaching of Jesus ii. 240 He would Himself be pervasively present, working powerfully on the hearts of men.
1946 J. Somerville Soviet Philos. v. 171 We live in a universe of change, change which affects all things pervasively and continuously.
2000 Ethics 111 125 Women in developing nations..suffer pervasively from acute capability failure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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