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infamously

infamously adverb: in an infamous manner.

Adverb

infamously (comparative more infamously, superlative most infamously)

  1. In an infamous manner.
  2. Famously, known for being.
    • But black holes are infamously invisible, so they have to be observed indirectly.2019 March 4, Michael Irving, “Doomed, rare black hole spotted near the center of the galaxy”, in New Atlas

Forms of infamously

comparativemore infamously
superlativemost infamously

Origin of infamously

From infamous + -ly.

Questions about infamously

What does infamously mean?
Infamously means in an infamous manner.
What part of speech is infamously?
Infamously is an adverb.

Words near infamously in the dictionary

  1. infamizes
  2. infamizing
  3. infamonise
  4. infamonize
  5. infamous
  6. infamously
  7. infamousness
  8. infamy
  9. infancies
  10. infancy
  11. infancy gospel

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