Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a notorious manner; publicly; openly; plainly; recognizedly; to the knowledge of all.
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- adverb In a
notorious ornotable manner; as is commonly known.
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- adverb to a notorious degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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The 56-page indictment said he prepared lists of Tutsis to be "exterminated", referring to them as "cockroaches" - a term notoriously used by those behind the genocide.
The Guardian World News David Smith 2011
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Catholic League President Bill Donohue said he wasn't surprised that the exhibition was coming to the Brooklyn Museum, which he called notoriously anti-Catholic, but he said his group wouldn't hold protests like it had in Washington.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Dukkha is a word notoriously hard to translate into English.
The Weight of Mountains by Thanissaro Bhikkhu William Harryman 2009
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She’s isolated from her stem family — the grandma, aunts, and in-laws (who all love children!) have long been left behind in notoriously un-Creative Lompoc, Fort Lauderdale, or Ohio.
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She’s isolated from her stem family — the grandma, aunts, and in-laws (who all love children!) have long been left behind in notoriously un-Creative Lompoc, Fort Lauderdale, or Ohio.
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Noting that the Medici one might also add, in defiance of their name were notoriously unhealthy and constantly complaining of gout, he produces the insight that "money always tries to buy what money can't buy."
For the Love of Money Andrew McKie 2011
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I hereby smack, on the forehead, with the tag stick: Mimi, Mama Tulip, Mommy-Like Days, Karen and (I know I know I know that this is wishful thinking to the nth degree, but Joy tagged the notoriously meme-shy Mom-101 and so the bar has been raised) Amalah.
Things You Can’t Tell Just By Looking At Her | Her Bad Mother 2007
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But for Mellon, already known as a notoriously hard-nosed collector, the deal was a spectacular triumph.
The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006
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A witty and polished liberal iconoclast, forever challenging the “conventional wisdom,” a phrase the notoriously immodest economist claimed to have invented, Galbraith had been recruited by George Ball, a future undersecretary of state and ambassador to the United Nations.
Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006
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But for Mellon, already known as a notoriously hard-nosed collector, the deal was a spectacular triumph.
The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006
Louises commented on the word notoriously
Novelists, notoriously, are always working, eyes and ears open for anything they might be able to use. Ditto werewolves. Not for quirky characters or snippets of dialogue but for murder locations, places that lend themselves to the secret kill. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
March 18, 2012