notoriously

adverb

no·​to·​ri·​ous·​ly nō-ˈtȯr-ē-əs-lē How to pronounce notoriously (audio)
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1
: in a notorious manner
2
: as is notorious : as is very well known
notoriously, they never got along

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Still, bubbles are notoriously hard to predict, and Wall Street’s majority opinion appears to be that the run-up in AI stocks as just the beginning of a long-run trend that will power the stock market for many years to come. David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025 An American skier made history on Wednesday as the first to descend Mount Everest's notoriously narrow north face route. Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025 In particular, Platner’s entry into the race before Mills makes the contest much harder to predict, particularly in my small home state, where polling is notoriously difficult. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025 This statistical measure of heritability is notoriously difficult to interpret and limited in its import; twin studies, developed decades before the DNA molecule was discovered, also offered little insight into the biology of any particular trait. Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for notoriously

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First Known Use

1512, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of notoriously was in 1512

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“Notoriously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/notoriously. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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