notoriously
/nə(ʊ)ˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əs.li/US/nəˈtɔ.ɹi.əs.li/
notoriously adverb: in a notorious or notable manner; as is commonly known.
Adverb
notoriously (comparative more notoriously, superlative most notoriously)
- In a notorious or notable manner; as is commonly known.
- The Hempshocks' sheep were notoriously the finest for miles around: shaggy-coated and intelligent (for sheep), with curling horns and sharp hooves.1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, Perennial, published 2001, page 30
- Orton himself notoriously defaced library books before starting to write books himself.2011, Alan Bennett, “Baffled at a Bookcase”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15
notoriously meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
notoriously in Hindi
- कुख्यात रूप से
notoriously in Marathi
- कुख्यातपणे
notoriously in Urdu
- بدنامی سے, اعلانیہ
notoriously in Bengali
- কুখ্যাতরূপে
More languagesFewer languages
- notoriously in Kannada
- ಕುಖ್ಯಾತವಾಗಿ
- notoriously in Gujarati
- કુખ્યાત રીતે, કુખ્યાતપણે
- notoriously in Odia
- କୁଖ୍ଯ଼ାତ ଭାବେ
- notoriously in Nepali
- कुख्यात रूपमा
Examples of notoriously in a sentence
- Gravity waves, while predicted by theory for decades, have been notoriously difficult to detect.
- The so-called “S-curve” on I-25 is a notoriously dangerous stretch of freeway just south of the Big-I.
- Endings — or outs, or buttons as writers call them — are notoriously difficult to nail.
Forms of notoriously
| comparative | more notoriously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most notoriously |
Origin of notoriously
From Middle English notoryously, equivalent to notorious + -ly.
Questions about notoriously
- What does notoriously mean?
- Notoriously means in a notorious or notable manner; as is commonly known.
- What is notoriously in Hindi?
- Notoriously in Hindi is कुख्यात रूप से. See Notoriously meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is notoriously?
- Notoriously is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce notoriously?
- Notoriously is pronounced /nə(ʊ)ˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əs.li/ (UK).
Words near notoriously in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: notoriously (page history and authors); notoriously (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); notoriously (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); notoriously (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); notoriously (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); notoriously (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); notoriously (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); notoriously (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); notoriously (Nepali, 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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