say it: FAY-muh-slee
famously is an adverb meaning "in a manner or to an extent that is well known". It carries 2 recorded senses.
in a manner or to an extent that is well known
“in his famously anecdotal style”
extremely well
“he did splendidly in the exam”
“we got along famously”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for famously come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.