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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He points out that visible stitching is a key component in the design of many fashionable garments, perhaps most famously jeans.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Not everyone is thrilled at the thought of spritzing French cologne onto this famously unvarnished industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
This concept is famously illustrated by Schrödinger's cat, a thought experiment in which a cat is considered both alive and dead simultaneously until it is observed.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
People make pilgrimages here, like a man who had come on a recent afternoon from the Tierra Caliente, a famously dangerous part of Michoacán.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
“We’re like the lady who only wants her name in the newspaper twice—when she’s born and when she dies,” one of the senior partners famously said.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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