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notoriously

[noh-tawr-ee-uhs-lee, nuh-] / noʊˈtɔr i əs li, nə- /
ADVERB
particularly
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Blog comment sections were notoriously dynamic, full of debate and discussion and lots of light bulb moments for writers and readers alike.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Confirmable ATF directors, it turns out, are notoriously hard to find.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Guillermo del Toro, the director of "Frankenstein," which will compete for the best picture Oscar on Sunday, is notoriously anti-AI, insisting he would "rather die" than use it.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Heinze took his notoriously feisty nature into management.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

People had raised their eyebrows when Ali, a man who had mem­orized the Koran, married Sanaubar, a woman nineteen years younger, a beautiful but notoriously unscrupulous woman who lived up to her dishonorable reputation.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini