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- adverb In the manner of something
legendary .
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Examples
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(recalling the legendarily powerful Khosa chiefdom that dominated the region in late precolonial times), or negative, as expressed by one American staffperson of Save the Children who, on learning about my research in late 1994, commented with a sneer, Magude?
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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On dance floors and within earshot of radios, Global English-singers also deliver the palm-out stop signal that Diana Ross and her fellow Supremes legendarily used each time they belted out “STOP!”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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On dance floors and within earshot of radios, Global English-singers also deliver the palm-out stop signal that Diana Ross and her fellow Supremes legendarily used each time they belted out “STOP!”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Malvolio: If a “zeebow” really does mean a tetsubo — and not, as I first thought, a zebu — that would mean the good people of Massachusetts have illegalized a fictional weapon, legendarily wielded by trolls.
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If a “zeebow” really does mean a tetsubo — and not, as I first thought, a zebu — that would mean the good people of Massachusetts have illegalized a fictional weapon, legendarily wielded by trolls.
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The delay shouldn't be surprising, as Mr. Redford is legendarily dilatory about nearly everything.
A Distant Star 2011
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The dancer on the right tries to stay focused by repeating this legendarily effective mantra: Grandma, grandma …
Beat 360° 10/2/09 2009
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The club unveiled its manifesto in November and swiftly proved a midweek smash at this legendarily petite venue, culminating in a rather hectic pop star-themed dressing-up bash just before Christmas.
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It opens with Fokine's Le Spectre de la Rose, the 1911 ballet with which Vaslav Nijinsky legendarily reinvented the image of the male dancer, leaping on stage in a pink-petalled costume – athletically virile and exquisitely perfumed.
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TV Guide Magazine: Your partner is Maksim Chmerkovskiy, the legendarily intense Latin ballroom champ.
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