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famously

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fa·mous·ly /ˈfeɪməsli/ adverb  1. get on/along famously old-fashionedRELATIONSHIP to have a friendly relationship with someone 〔与某人〕关系很好2 FAMOUSin a way that is famous 著名地,出名地 The trouble with common sense, as Voltaire famously observed, is that it is not very common. 正如伏尔泰有句名言说的,常识的问题在于它并非那么平常。
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famouslyDorothy and Amelia got on famously.A policeman famously put his helmet over my chest to protect my modesty.He is famously reticent in talking about his extraordinary physical ordeal.His dress is famously unfashionable, his temper famously short, his profanities notoriously rich.
fa·mous·ly adverbChineseSyllable
have a Corpus with relationship to friendly


famously
famously /ˈfeɪməsli/ adverb
 Word Family: adjective: famed, famous, infamous; adverb: famously, infamously; noun: fame
1. get on/along famously old-fashioned to have a friendly relationship with someone
2. in a way that is famous:
    The trouble with common sense, as Voltaire famously observed, is that it is not very common.


fam·ous·lyBrE /ˈfeɪməsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfeɪməsli/ 🔊 adverbin a way that is famous 著名地;出名地Some newspapers, most famously the New York Times, refused to print the word Ms. 有些报纸拒不刊用 Ms 这个词,其中最著名的是《纽约时报》。get on/along ˈfamously(informal, becoming old-fashioned) to have a very good relationship 和睦相处;相处极好