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Definition of Notoriously
1. Adverb. To a notorious degree. "European emigres, who notoriously used to repair to the British Museum to write seditious pamphlets"
Definition of Notoriously
1. Adverb. In a notorious or notable manner; as is commonly known. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Notoriously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Notoriously
Literary usage of Notoriously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Constitutional History of the House of Lords by Luke Owen Pike (1894)
"X. Stratford, according to the Rolls Of Parliament,asked to be arraigned before
the Peers, because he was 1 notoriously defamed. ..."
2. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"tained a revenue for life, and the power of parliament being notoriously usurped
by a knot of bis creatures, the king was little likely to meet his ..."
3. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"Satire on Toleration by Ladies of notoriously Wicked Men. AJ, Feb. 9.—Mr.
App., You arc always talking Politicks in the Masculine, and directing your Speech ..."
4. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"A most notoriously atrocious, dissolute, hellish slave-owner died, and one of
his slaves —an old woman—said to a lady, " Massa prayed God so to forgive him ..."
5. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"came from an unselfish people: but a people notoriously craving peace for comfort's
sake, and commerce's—they do but scold, they provoke contempt. ..."
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