famously
famously adverb: in a celebrated manner.
Adverb
famously (comparative more famously, superlative most famously)
- In a celebrated manner.
- Indicates that the act, state, or occurrence described by the sentence is famous. In such a manner as to become famous or produce something that would become famous.
- President Roosevelt famously said "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."2007, Ian Harrison, Take Me to Your Leader, DK, →ISBN, page 152
- But even as religion was on the rise, the word "God" declined dramatically over the course of the eighteenth century. The word is famously absent from the Constitution, but it was also relatively absent from the printed texts of the decade in which the Constitution was drafted and adopted, and more...2009, Eric Slauter, The State as a Work of Art, Chicago, →ISBN, page 247
- Synonyms:
- notably, notoriously
- Really well, having great rapport.
- The new roommates got on famously.
- Synonyms:
- well, splendidly, swimmingly
famously meaning in Telugu
famously in Telugu
- ప్రముఖంగా
Examples of famously in a sentence
- Jack Kevorkian, euthanasia activist, famously said "dying is not a crime".
- Mother bears are famously protective of their cubs.
- Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
Synonyms of famously
Forms of famously
| comparative | more famously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most famously |
Origin of famously
From famous + -ly.
Questions about famously
- What does famously mean?
- Famously means in a celebrated manner.
- What is famously in Telugu?
- Famously in Telugu is ప్రముఖంగా. See Famously meaning in Telugu.
- What part of speech is famously?
- Famously is an adverb.
Words near famously in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: famously (page history and authors); famously (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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