adverb

famously

adverb

In a way that is widely known; used to flag a well-known fact.

"Einstein famously failed a school exam early in his life."

"The band famously refused to play encores."

How to Use Famously

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishUsed before a fact to signal "this is a well-known thing about the subject."

Common pairings

famously difficult famously said

more famously comparative, most famously superlative

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Einstein _____ failed a school exam early in his life.

From famous + the adverb suffix -ly.

anxiously seriously obviously curiously furiously nervously viciously jealously hideously previously vigorously cautiously