famously
Britishadverb
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well-known
her famously relaxed manner
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very well
the two got on famously
Example Sentences
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Dragonflies began after Harrison returned to England, where he’d grown up on his father’s Friar Park estate, following the death of his grandmother, who famously raised George Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison, in Hawthorne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Berlin's former mayor Klaus Wowereit once famously labelled Berlin "poor but sexy" -- but since then many of its residents have at times struggled to stay in love with the city.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Indian megastar Diljit Dosanjh famously starts all his concerts by announcing that "the Punjabis have arrived".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Jefferson famously said if forced to choose between living without newspapers and living without government, he’d prefer the latter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail,” he famously said.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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