Definition of famously

famously    

adverb

• well.

                                                                                                                                                                                            
  
  Citation from Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002 film) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  I'm glad to say that they were getting along famously.

  • See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.

  Last edited on Dec 15 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 07 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'good, okay, cool, awesome, fun':
like whoa	Definitions include: very good; excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
select	Definitions include: Outstanding, fine quality, excellent, or even more general usage - awesome.
grouse	Definitions include: excellent; "awesome".
shiznak	Definitions include: shit, usually in a good sense.
bang up job	Definitions include: an accomplishment that goes above and beyond what is expected; "a good job".
awesome possum	Definitions include: variant of "awesome".
styling	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
cray-cray	Definitions include: crazy, i.e. strange, insane, or wild.
own	Definitions include: Used frequently in online gaming.
shway	Definitions include: cool.
gr8	Definitions include: acronym for "great".
classic	Definitions include: very good; excellent.
ratchet	Definitions include: a person who is intimately familiar with the sound of handcuffs being applied.
nice	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
out of sight	Definitions include: amazing.
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kiss (one's) *ss	Definitions include: a blunt refusal.
full of it	Definitions include: "full of shit", "full of crap", or the like.
high gravity	Definitions include: with high alcohol content.
torqued	Definitions include: angry; "pissed off".
boojum	Definitions include: girlfriend or boyfriend.
sacrilegious	Definitions include: improper.
John Q. Public	Definitions include: a stand-in name used to represent the everyman.
by and by	Definitions include: eventually.
pimp it	Definitions include: Making excessive show of.
arsewipe	Definitions include: a disliked person.

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