famously

adverb

fa·​mous·​ly ˈfā-məs-lē How to pronounce famously (audio)
1
: in a celebrated manner
2
: in a superlative fashion
3
: to an unusual degree : very

Examples of famously in a Sentence

The executive famously insisted on riding the bus to work every day.
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The jab was a direct hit on Barkley’s ring-chasing era in Houston, where the Hall of Famer was famously a shell of his MVP self. Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026 Residents of the city of Orgosolo in 1969 famously stopped the construction of a military firing range on communal grazing land known as Pratobello. IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026 As Vannevar Bush, science adviser to Franklin Roosevelt, famously argued, new products do not arrive mature; they are built on fundamental principles discovered in university labs. Imran Khalid, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026 Sacramento Bee political reporter Lia Russell, meanwhile, found coaxing their frog to jump nearly as difficult as coaxing a succinct answer out of California’s famously verbose governor. Andrew Graham may 6, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for famously

Word History

First Known Use

1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of famously was in 1546

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“Famously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famously. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

Kids Definition

famously

adverb
fa·​mous·​ly
ˈfā-məs-lē
: in a splendid or excellent manner
got along famously together
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