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PROVERBIALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proverbially mean?
• PROVERBIALLY (adverb)
The adverb PROVERBIALLY has 1 sense:
1. in the manner of something that has become a byword
Familiarity information: PROVERBIALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the manner of something that has become a byword
Context example:
this proverbially bitter plant, wormwood
Pertainym:
proverbial (widely known and spoken of)
Context examples
Now if ever, occurred an eligible opportunity for 'going to the devil', as he once forcibly expressed it, for he had plenty of money and nothing to do, and Satan is proverbially fond of providing employment for full and idle hands.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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"You'll catch a liar first than you'll catch a lame." (Catalan proverb)
"One bird in your hand is better than ten on the roof." (Danish proverb)