notoriously

[noh-tawr-ee-uhs-lee, nuh-]

adverb

1. in a way that is generally and usually unfavorably known to the wider public or to a particular group.

   Turnout in spring elections is notoriously low.

   Gift cards are a great option for that family member who is notoriously hard to shop for.

Word History and Origins

Origin of notoriously¹

notorious ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

But for two years he’s managed to do the unthinkable — to keep his notoriously fractious caucus together, despite the razor-thin margins he’s been dealt.

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It’s no secret that goaltending in hockey is a notoriously volatile enterprise.

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At this edition, the Americans functionally defanged a notoriously difficult course.

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Faced with years in Cambodia’s notoriously violent prisons, Sothea says he went into hiding.

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Miller had spent weeks solo climbing in Patagonia and the Canadian Rockies, completing a notoriously difficult ice climb called Reality Bath, which had been unrepeated for 37 years, according to Climbing magazine.

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