Definitionadv. in the manner of something that has become a byword
Last update: October 3, 2015
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He did not like to depend on statesmen's promises, which are proverbially uncertain of fulfilment; he as little liked to retrench; and he was wearied of parliament, where he had never given any but silent votes. [Please select]
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But bad men are proverbially blind to their own faults. [Please select]
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Certainly Americans, though often overreaching in making a fortune, are proverbially lavish in distributing it. [Please select]
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He can but live as a memory, and memory is proverbially short. [Please select]
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Fortune, however, is proverbially fickle, and she did not belie her character on this particular day. [Please select]
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A stern chase is proverbially a long one; but in this case, at such a speed, it was short. [Please select]
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Artificial boundaries are proverbially ephemeral, but this one has lasted throughout the centuries, and it has been baneful to the Serbs. [Please select]
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