Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proverbially"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
proverbially
adv : in the manner of something that has become a byword; "this
proverbially bitter plant, wormwood"
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