LEGENDARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legendary mean? 

• LEGENDARY (adjective)
  The adjective LEGENDARY has 2 senses:

1. so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend

2. celebrated in fable or legend

  Familiarity information: LEGENDARY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGENDARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

So celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend

Context example:

the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers

Similar:

known (apprehended with certainty)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Celebrated in fable or legend

Synonyms:

fabled; legendary

Context example:

legendary exploits of Jesse James

Similar:

unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)

Derivation:

legend (a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events)

 Context examples 

Of course, you have to do your part to go out and circulate, especially once Mars enters your sign, from November 18 to January 3, bringing out your legendary magnetism.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I remembered Michelet’s “To man, woman is as the earth was to her legendary son; he has but to fall down and kiss her breast and he is strong again.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)