worldwideadj.adv.

1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing sig. D4 No daintie tooth, nor double diligence; Nor him that hath a world wide conscience.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 71 I had the ground to be a pillow, and the world-wide-fields to be a chamber.

1648 M. Samuel Blessed Jew xviii. 108 You see how in every language and place, whether you look to the Orientall, or Occidentall, (utmost Fringes of the world wide garment) that the Gentiles confesse the Name of the Lord.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 557 From Cookery up to the Law of Contingent Remainders, Isoperimetrical Problems, or the world-wide difference between Objectivity and Subjectivity.

1848 J. G. Barmby in Apostle Aug. 2/1 There, in the company of some disciples of Babœuf, then called Equalitarians, I first pronounced the name of Communism, which has since..acquired that world-wide reputation.

1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lvii. 441 [The Jews thought Christ] would raise Israel to world-wide supremacy.

1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xlii. 60 The world-wide air was azure.

1912 Athenæum 24 Aug. 183/1 The problems he undertook to solve were worldwide.

1943 National Geographic Mag. Dec. 641/2 The Air Forces handle weather for the entire Army, making forecasts for both flying and ground operations. We draw a world-wide weather map at least once a day and usually four times a day.

1973 D. Francis Slay-ride vii. 78 A world-wide racing investigatory link-up, something along the lines of Interpol.

2006 Business Rev. Weekly 30 Mar. 26/2 Initially dismissed as probably not statistically valid, the Big Mac index has attracted a worldwide following among serious economists.

1836 Brighton Patriot 20 Sept. 4/1 A cause that conquers, and that saves, World-wide is understood!

1884 R. Browning Family in Ferishtah's Fancies 27 A leech renowned World-wide, confessed the lord of surgery.

1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 294 Where in caves live the world-wide known gipsies.

1921 C. Sheridan Mayfair to Moscow 238 America is known worldwide for its hospitality and its genius for entertaining.

1953 Reader's Digest July 27 World-wide, three million dogs have already safely got this..vaccine.

1980 Bookseller 14 June 2528/1 (advt.) Subscriptions manager required for expanding publishing business trading worldwide.

2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Feb. r11 (advt.) Our facilities worldwide recycle 89% of the waste they generate.

1856 J. Brougham Franklin v. i. 27 Pardon me, the matter is too world widely important to be disposed of without proper form.

1909 L. M. Pacey Towards Social Reform iii. 251 We had learnt to know the flower of the University, counting, as boy friends, some men who have since become world-widely known.

2008 Concord Times (Sierra Leone) (Nexis) 17 Mar. This symbolic gesture underpinned our well world-widely trumpeted political tolerance in Sierra Leone.

1890 Catholic World Nov. 244 Manuel Navarrete, the parish priest of San Antonio de Tula, excels in a certain world-wideness and delicacy of touch.

1920 19th Cent. July 37 Don Sturzo's ambitions are Caesarean in their world-wideness.

2000 Interzone Nov. 41/2 This synoptic vision of the whole X-people mythosphere is simultaneously a brilliant stroke of economy, a readymade embodiment of the worldwideness of the mutant phenomenon, and an exhilarating evocation of the vast heritage of characters and backstory.