famously
Britishadverb
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well-known
her famously relaxed manner
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very well
the two got on famously
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The Times famously described Stewart as “an unknown British Shakespearean actor” in a 1987 article announcing his casting as the starship’s captain, Jean-Luc Picard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Einstein famously referred to his introduction of the cosmological constant as his "biggest blunder," since his original equations without the additional term could have predicted an expanding universe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
In the 2021 Europa League final, he famously scored a penalty for Villarreal against Manchester United, before denying opposite number David de Gea to decide the marathon shootout and the destiny of the trophy.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Crucially, its famously long menu is part of the joke.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
I ask whether Skeeter is still in touch with Harry Potter, whom she so famously interviewed last year: a breakthrough piece in which Potter spoke exclusively of his conviction that You-Know-Who had returned.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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