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
Sly Stone, the legendarily funky frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, has died.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
Malibu Pier has its origin story in a private wharf built by a legendarily eccentric couple, Frederick and May Rindge.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
He felt that it strengthened Islam's connection with the beliefs and ceremonies of his ancestors, legendarily free from idolatry under the governance of Abraham and Ishmael.
From Mahomet Founder of Islam by Draycott, Gladys M.
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