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famously

/fˈeɪmʌsli/adverb3 syllables

Famously means: wonderfully.

Synonyms for famously7

adverb, as in wonderfully

excellently, magnificently, splendidly

also used for famously

notably, notoriously, well, swimmingly

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does famously mean?2

adverb

1

wonderfully“he did splendidly in the exam”

2

in a manner or to an extent that is well known“in his famously anecdotal style”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Famously in a sentence

  • Capricorns are famously known for their strong work ethic.LoverofEnglish
  • Karl Marx famously said that communism is when pronouns.shekitten
  • During the Middle Ages, that city famously had seven walls around it.sabretou
  • Fyodor is famously bad at this.Amastan
  • Programmers are famously bad at naming things.qwertydiy
  • As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously noted, the rich are different from you and me.Spamster
  • Tom and Mary got on like a house on fire, just famously.unknown
  • Tom was famously convicted of trying to steal Princess Diana's lap dog on a number of separate occasions.unknown

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