famously
adverb
fa·mous·ly
ˈfā-məs-lē 
Examples of famously in a Sentence
The executive famously insisted on riding the bus to work every day.
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The famously private couple kept most of their engagement details under wraps from the press.
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Shelby Wax, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026
The retrospective paints a fuller picture of the man who famously turned a urinal into a sculpture and coined a whole new category, the readymade.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
Jackson played football at Sterling High School in Greenville, and famously protested library segregation with a group known as the Greenville Eight.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Netflix would have loved to finally topple and take over its biggest rival — the one Netflix famously needed to become before HBO became Netflix.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
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Shelby Wax, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026
The retrospective paints a fuller picture of the man who famously turned a urinal into a sculpture and coined a whole new category, the readymade.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
Jackson played football at Sterling High School in Greenville, and famously protested library segregation with a group known as the Greenville Eight.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Netflix would have loved to finally topple and take over its biggest rival — the one Netflix famously needed to become before HBO became Netflix.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for famously
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“Famously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famously. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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