Famously
['feməsli]
Definition
(adv.) in a manner or to an extent that is well known; 'in his famously anecdotal style'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.
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Examples
- We would work up the classics famously. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Famously, I replied. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was a pleasant addition to his naturally pleasant ways, and we got on famously. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- My old beau, Wellington, is going on famously, thanks to the fineness of his nerves and his want of feeling, and his excellent luck. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The correspondence flourished famously, and letters flew to and fro with unfailing regularity all through the early spring. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Why you are getting on famously, I hear. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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