famously
fa·mous·ly [ ˈfā-məs-lē]
[ˈfā-məs-lē]
1 : in a celebrated manner
2 : in a superlative fashion
3 : to an unusual degree : very
Recent Examples on the Web
//Richard Neal, a Charlotte software engineer who owns the landmark located 34 miles off the coast, famously did the same with Kevin, the flag that withstood Hurricane Florence, last year.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, "“Steve,” American Flag Battered by Hurricane Dorian, Being Sold to Help Outer Banks Recovery," 17 Sep. 2019
//After the top 10 Democratic candidates famously sparred on the debate stage in Houston, the House of Pies on Kirby kept the conversation going on Friday morning.
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Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, "'Fox and Friends' gets Houston voters' reactions to debate at Houston's House of Pies," 13 Sep. 2019
//Most famously, a survey conducted in 1993 by Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz estimated that more than 1 percent of American adults had used a gun defensively in the past year.
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Robert Verbruggen, National Review, "Do Guns Help People Defend Themselves?," 12 Sep. 2019
//Most famously, in 1983, he was hired by Newsweek and Stern magazines to aid in exposing the fake Hitler diaries.
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Steve Maas, BostonGlobe.com, "In Natick, World War II museum abruptly shuts down," 2 Sep. 2019
//However, researchers from Harvard might have found a dietary supplement that can counteract this problem: resveratrol, an antioxidant found in grape skin, blueberries and perhaps most famously, red wine.
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Fox News, "Red wine could help astronauts stay strong on Mars," 25 July 2019
//WeWork, famously, offers optimized office space, via a growing suite of analytics and tracking tools and a team of more than 1,000 designers.
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Patrick Sisson, Curbed, "Can coworking companies sell inclusive communities?," 21 June 2019
//The royal family famously let the public get a look behind the curtain the the 1969 BBC documentary, titled simply, The Royal Family.
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Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Looking Back at David Attenborough's Relationship with Queen Elizabeth and the Rest of the Royal Family," 4 Apr. 2019
//Ancelotti was famously the manager of AC Milan in the Champions League final in 2005 when Liverpool came from 3-0 down to win on penalties.
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SI.com, "Carlo Ancelotti Admits Liverpool Have Been Responsible for His 'Biggest Disappointments'," 16 Sep. 2019
First Known Use of famously
1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Dictionary Entries near famously