Overall
Overall adverb - With everyone or everything taken into account at the same time.
Universally and overall are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Universally" instead an adverb "Overall".
Universally
Overall and universally are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overall" instead an adverb "Universally".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- largely and overall
- largely and universally
- throughout and overall
- throughout and universally
- altogether and overall
- altogether and universally
- completely and overall
- completely and universally
- everywhere and overall
- everywhere and universally
- primarily and overall
- primarily and universally
- chiefly and overall
- chiefly and universally
Both words in one sentence
- While the overall game was generally seen as very good, its ending was almost universally despised.
Source: Win Back the Crowd - Season 3 is almost universally considered to be the show's worst season due to it introducing several new characters who were disliked by fans as well as the overall tone becoming more serious and angsty, thus causing the ratings to drop even further.
Source: Seasonal Rot / Live-Action TV -
While "season 10" overall wasn't universally acclaimed, it did reignite interest in the original series, which had become easier than ever to watch in the age of streaming and binge-watching (the show being a prime example of Better on DVD).
Source: Popularity Polynomial
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