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 city of Providence continues to be good to Pitino, who famously led Providence College to the Final Four in 1987 toward the beginning of his storied career.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Off-screen, Michele famously dated Glee costar Cory Monteith, who tragically died in 2013.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Unlike their Big Ten and Big 12 first-round opponents, Ivy League programs famously don’t provide athletic scholarships and aren’t opting into the House revenue-sharing settlement.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Between the 1950s and 1980s, multiple basketball programs were engulfed in point-shaving scandals, most famously City College of New York (1951), Boston College (1978-1979), and Tulane University (1984-1985).
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Off-screen, Michele famously dated Glee costar Cory Monteith, who tragically died in 2013.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Unlike their Big Ten and Big 12 first-round opponents, Ivy League programs famously don’t provide athletic scholarships and aren’t opting into the House revenue-sharing settlement.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Between the 1950s and 1980s, multiple basketball programs were engulfed in point-shaving scandals, most famously City College of New York (1951), Boston College (1978-1979), and Tulane University (1984-1985).
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Famously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famously. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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