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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"The Polish people are famously unafraid.. and our thoughts are with them," EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen wrote on X as she condemned the Russian attack.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The taste of a madeleine famously sent French writer Marcel Proust back into vivid memories of childhood.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
She was also famously linked to “American Horror Story” actor Evan Peters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
It may seem like a weird career shift for Witkoff, but he’s such an outlier that the famously transactional Donald Trump treats him like an actual friend.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
She had us watch one of her famously dull documentaries.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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