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memorably

memorably

7 3.3
In a way that makes people not forget because it is special or unusual
  • adverb
  • /ˈmɛmərəbli/
translation icon : memorablemente
  • The speech was delivered so memorably that everyone still talks about it years later.
  • memorably describes
  • wrote memorably
  • summed it up memorably

These were ghost multiplying media, as Franz Kafka memorably put it.

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Examples

  • As Benjamin memorably recalled, history perpetually piles ruin upon ruin.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The late-seventies band Devo memorably chanted, "Are we not men? We are Devo!"

    Academic text (2004)

  • After all, as you once said so memorably, "It's all just a business."

    Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

  • Here the episode memorably ends.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Celebrity guest stars seem likely; in one 2008 episode, Bill Murray memorably showed up.

    Blog text (5)

  • As a result, almost every day, I experience what the Carpenters memorably called Yesterday Once More.

    Blog text (2)

  • "The great speakers," he wrote memorably, "fill me with despair; the bad ones with terror."

    Blog text (3)

  • So, as TR said, so memorably, her place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

    Harvard University

  • The actor guest-starred in Chuck's second season premiere, memorably holding Chuck out a window by his feet.

    Blog text (24)

  • Governor Christie worked closely with President Obama, praising his response and memorably embracing him as the President arrived.

    Blog text (7)

Synonyms

unforgettably
vsmemorably
1 4.7

In a way that is very easy to remember

is a milder impression that people notice and may later keep in memory

Antonyms

unmemorably
7.3

In a way that does not stay in your mind

How Memorable

remarkably
184 3.5
memorably
7 3.3
notably
101 3.5

Surface Forms

memorably positive

Morphology

memorably = memorable (transparent) = memor + able + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'memorable', yielding a manner adverb.

Etymology

Memorably comes from the old Latin root memor, which means 'mindful' or 'remembering', and you can see the same root in English words like memory and remember. The ending -able means 'can be' and -ly makes it a word that says how something is done, so memorably means 'in a way that can be remembered'.