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
His legendarily unhinged 2011 interview with ABC News’ Andrea Canning, which took place after he was fired from “Two and a Half Men,” exploded his Twitter following.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 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 Henry Morley
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