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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Last fall, the famously reclusive DiCaprio made a rare public appearance on Winslet's behalf to support Lee, her passion project biopic of the British WWII photographer Lee Miller.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Guest and Curtis famously met for the first time in 1984 and married just six months after that encounter.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
As a model, Sofia famously posed topless with a boa constrictor for the Swedish men’s magazine Slitz.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Dolenz, Nesmith, Davy Jones and Peter Tork became the Monkees in 1965, from a casting call that included actors and musicians (including, famously, Stephen Stills).
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Guest and Curtis famously met for the first time in 1984 and married just six months after that encounter.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
As a model, Sofia famously posed topless with a boa constrictor for the Swedish men’s magazine Slitz.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Dolenz, Nesmith, Davy Jones and Peter Tork became the Monkees in 1965, from a casting call that included actors and musicians (including, famously, Stephen Stills).
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Famously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famously. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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