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
Sanford Meisner, the school’s legendarily demanding director, was impressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
Some say he spent most tea times with New Yorker reporter Emily Hahn, two legends living legendarily, sharing tales over cucumber sandwiches, curried prawns, scones with clotted cream and strong black tea.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 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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