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c1495 in A. Conway Henry VII's Relations with Scotl. & Irel. (1932) 217 Many greate and horrible tresons, Rebellyons conceylement[es] and conspirac[es] by him don & com[m]ytted contrary to his faith and allegeance be notoryously and openly knowne by due examynacon.

1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 19 Preamble It ys openly and notoryously knowen unto all persones of Cristes Religion.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 87 The first part..is by common consent of all the interpreters of Scripture notoriously true.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. vii. 19 Their abode is notoriously known to have been in, and about Iebus or Jerusalem.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 220 That Promontory..being most notoriously Sandy.

1751 Affecting Narr. H.M.S. Wager 126 There was a weekly Intercourse notoriously carried on over Land between the Places.

1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) XII. 254 His ministers (who are notoriously known [to be] under his absolute command).

1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 104 Let us confine ourselves to notoriously public transactions.

1881 Sat. Rev. 52 570 The notoriously cleanly living of the vegetarian inhabitants of Western Africa.

1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin iii. 43 The Belligerent was notoriously a happy ship.

1931 W. B. Seabrook Jungle Ways iii. ii. 199 Women walked in groups, with long black robes and faces of pale ivory, cameo-cut... These special women, notoriously beautiful as a race,..were Peuhls.

1991 Premiere Oct. 48/2 Pacino—an Actors Studio votary who's notoriously no-nonsense about his work.

1570 in G. Donaldson Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1963) VI. 173 And uthiris his tressonabill deidis..committit be him notoriouslie at diverse tymes.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 45 The infamous, and those which are notoriouslie naught.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 73 He is of no bloudy disposition, nor otherwise notoriously vicious.

1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) iv. 234 A man, that had notoriously betrayed his trust.

1729 G. Berkeley in Wks. (1871) IV. 638 Men of notoriously wicked lives.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. i. 34 His Countess, who had great sway with him, being notoriously corrupt.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV II. 399 He was, in short, notoriously faithless and interested.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 47 His title had notoriously been purchased by his wife's dishonor and his own.

1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) II. App. 705 His only references are to Domesday and the notoriously spurious charter.

1939 S. Spender Journals 27 He was the only one of the people I knew there who was rich, but he was notoriously stingy.

1968 J. Sangster Touchfeather xv. 182 Research and development is a notoriously difficult thing to budget for.

1988 Holiday Which? Jan. 25/3 We've noticed a marked improvement in the quality of the notoriously poor Greek plumbing.