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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in the manner of something that has become a byword;
- Example: "this proverbially bitter plant, wormwood"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Proverbially \Pro*ver"bi*al*ly\, adv.
   In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly;
   universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is
   proverbially busy.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

proverbially
    adv 1: in the manner of something that has become a byword;
           "this proverbially bitter plant, wormwood"