notoriously

adverb

no·​to·​ri·​ous·​ly nō-ˈtȯr-ē-əs-lē How to pronounce notoriously (audio)
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1
: in a notorious manner
2
: as is notorious : as is very well known
notoriously, they never got along

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And on vacation, a lot of people avoid cooking altogether, so these cabinets and pantries are notoriously understocked. — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026 MacKenzie Scott is notoriously generous and notoriously quiet. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 But the currents near Horn Island — which has no shelters or restrooms — can be notoriously rough, with the local coroner saying his office has received numerous drowning victims from the area in recent years. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 And the men’s team in Midtown — led by owner James Dolan, who notoriously left the Liberty for dead — couldn’t come close to sniffing the Larry O’Brien trophy either. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for notoriously

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First Known Use

1512, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of notoriously was in 1512

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