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UK
/nəʊtˈɔːɹɪəsli/
]
[ US /noʊˈtɔɹiəsɫi/ ]
[ US /noʊˈtɔɹiəsɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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to a notorious degree
European emigres, who notoriously used to repair to the British Museum to write seditious pamphlets
How To Use notoriously In A Sentence
- Petrarch is notoriously cool towards Dante and is often characterized as unimpressed with Dante’s so-called ‘humanist’ credentials. Simon A. Gilson, Dante and Renaissance Florence (CUP, 2005)
- And there is an even thornier problem: america's logging regulations are notoriously lax. Times, Sunday Times
- So why has Polly come up with what is, even by her notoriously moronic standards, an outstandingly hopeless argument?
- (BTWI prefer fair trial which is more firmly rooted/defined in articulable legal principles/standards because doing justice is a phrase that notoriously begs the question). Discourse.net: Should Prosecutors Hire Jury Consultants?
- It is notoriously pungent, extremely powerful and a favourite at Chinese banquets. Times, Sunday Times
- He was notoriously unfaithful, often falling prey to the charms of vampy female villains.
- Tropical marine invertebrates, unlike marine fish which are notoriously difficult to successfully breed in captivity, are far more accommodating.
- As the entire public health care system in Poland is notoriously underfinanced, the rather costly methadone maintenance does not constitute a priority concern.
- Cost estimates are notoriously uncertain in this business.
- Maps of the region are notoriously inaccurate.
