existing in all parts of a place or thing; spreading gradually to affect all parts of a place or thing:
a pervasive smell of damp * Her influence is all-pervasive (= it affects everyone and everything). * A sense of social change is pervasive in her novels.
pervasively adverb
pervasiveness noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, pervasive is tagged as adjective.
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