no·to·ri·ous (n -tôr  - s, -tr-)adj. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous: a notorious gangster; a district notorious for vice. [From Medieval Latin n trius, well-known, from Latin ntus, known, past participle of nscere, to get to know; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]no·to ri·ous·ly adv.no·to ri·ous·ness n. |
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| Adv. | 1. | notoriously - to a notorious degree; "European emigres, who notoriously used to repair to the British Museum to write seditious pamphlets" |
notoriously
adverb infamously, disreputably The company is understaffed and notoriously inefficient.
Translations
notoriously [nəʊˈtɔːrɪəslɪ] ADJ anorexia nervosa is notoriously difficult to treat → tratar la anorexia nerviosa es de notoria dificultad, es bien sabido que tratar la anorexia nerviosa entraña gran dificultad
she is notoriously difficult to work with → tiene fama de ser una persona con la que resulta difícil trabajar
he is notoriously unreliable → tiene fama de informal
she is notoriously difficult to work with → tiene fama de ser una persona con la que resulta difícil trabajar
he is notoriously unreliable → tiene fama de informal
notoriously
adv → notorisch; (= as is well known) → bekanntlich; it is notoriously difficult to treat → es lässt sich bekanntlich nur sehr schwer behandeln; to be notoriously unreliable/inefficient/violent etc → für seine Unzuverlässigkeit/Untüchtigkeit/Gewalttätigkeit etc berüchtigt or bekannt sein; a notoriously violent man → ein für seine Gewalttätigkeit bekannter Mann
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