different between famously vs famous

English

Etymology

From famous +? -ly.

Adverb

famously (comparative more famously, superlative most famously)

1. (Can we add an example for this sense?) In a celebrated manner.
2. Indicates that the act, state, or occurrence described by the sentence is famous.
   • 2007, Ian Harrison, Take Me to Your Leader, DK, ?ISBN, page 152 [1]:

     President Roosevelt famously said "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

   • 2009, Eric Slauter, The State as a Work of Art, Chicago, ?ISBN, page 247 [2]:

     But even as religion was on the rise, the word "God" declined dramatically over the course of the eighteenth century. The word is famously absent from the Constitution, but it was also relatively absent from the printed texts of the decade in which the Constitution was drafted and adopted, and more broadly from the revolutionary period overall.

3. Really well, having great rapport

   The new roommates got on famously.

Synonyms

• (indicates the sentence described something famous): notably, notoriously

English

Etymology

From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin f?m?sus. Displaced native Old English hl?sful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fe?m?s/
• Rhymes: -e?m?s
• UK: fam?ous; US: fa?mous

Adjective

famous (comparative more famous, superlative most famous)

1. Well known.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:famous

2. In the public eye.

Derived terms

• famousest
• famously
• famousness
• infamous
• infamously
• infamousness
• nonfamous
• nonfamousness

Related terms

• fame
• famous last words

Translations

Verb

famous (third-person singular simple present famouses, present participle famousing, simple past and past participle famoused)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make famous; to bring renown to.