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 original meme stock is not the retail video game chain that was famously portrayed in the movie “Dumb Money.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
"George famously used to get quite stressed out because he was the first superstar footballer and there was a lot of so-called friends that weren't really friends," he explains.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The currency is taste: Williamsburg effectively costs the same as Manhattan prices, but there is a thrill in living in a space that has been so famously known for hosting so many interesting people before.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
He shared the sentiment that his adversary Sherman would later so famously proclaim: that “war is hell.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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