Meaning & use
Catholically
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In a broad, comprehensive, or universally inclusive manner (from the lowercase sense of "catholic," meaning wide-ranging in tastes or interests).
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He read catholically, moving from poetry to physics to pulp fiction.
The museum collects catholically, spanning ancient artifacts to contemporary art.
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This use of lowercase "catholic" means "universal" or "all-embracing" and is distinct from the Roman Catholic Church, though both come from the same Greek root, katholikos.
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