legendarily
Americanadverb
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according to legend.
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in a way that is well-known or deserves renown.
Example Sentences
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The details of Stalin’s failure to mount a horse in Red Square or Churchill’s comments about Clement Attlee reveal legendary Allied figures behaving not so legendarily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
And Vogue’s legendarily thick September issue has shrunk from 840 pages in 2006 to just 365 last year.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
Perhaps most legendarily, the Heartbreakers toured as Dylan’s backing band back in 1986, and stories of their time with him are some of the best chapters in the Campbell memoir.
From Salon ● May 27, 2025
On Tuesday, not so much, the Lakers showing their clear dominance in every area backed by a legendarily springtime loud home crowd that annually shakes, rattles and rolls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
The thousand-years’ kingdom; The descent of the royal house of North Wales is legendarily traced from Caradoc-Caractacus.
From The Visions of England Lyrics on leading men and events in English History by Morley, Henry
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