famously

adverb

fa·​mous·​ly ˈfā-məs-lē How to pronounce famously (audio)
1
: in a celebrated manner
2
: in a superlative fashion
3
: to an unusual degree : very

Examples of famously in a Sentence

The executive famously insisted on riding the bus to work every day.
Recent Examples on the Web Sir Arthur Conan Doyle famously sent Sherlock Holmes hurtling to his death over the Reichenbach Falls: His tiresome infallibility must have grated on Doyle, who saw himself as destined for a more highbrow literary fame than 19th-century detective fiction allowed. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024 Schwarzenegger and DeVito famously starred together in 1988's Twins. Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024 The two movies, both of which are nominated for best picture, famously opened in theaters on the same day in July 2023. USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024 Kant, Fichte, and Hegel were all world-historic moral weirdos; Kant was famously celibate, but Schelling, with Goethe as his wingman, ended up stealing Schlegel’s wife. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 Other companies, like Eutelsat OneWeb, SES, and, more famously, SpaceX are also in the business of beaming connectivity from Earth orbit. Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024 Take North Carolina’s Jimmy Donaldson — famously known as MrBeast — for example. Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 7 Mar. 2024 Methane is very commonly produced by life here on Earth, including when humans burn fossil fuels and cows burp, and ozone is a good sign that an atmosphere contains oxygen, which we humans famously need to breathe. Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024 Work-life balance in banking Really, achieving work-life balance in any industry is tough—let alone in the famously dog-eat-dog financial industry. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of famously was in 1546

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“Famously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famously. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

famously

adverb
fa·​mous·​ly
ˈfā-məs-lē
: in a splendid or excellent manner
got along famously together

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