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LEGENDARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does legendary mean?
• LEGENDARY (adjective)
The adjective LEGENDARY has 2 senses:
1. so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend
2. celebrated in fable or legend
Familiarity information: LEGENDARY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
So celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend
Context example:
the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers
Similar:
known (apprehended with certainty)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Celebrated in fable or legend
Synonyms:
fabled; legendary
Context example:
legendary exploits of Jesse James
Similar:
unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
Derivation:
legend (a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events)
Context examples
Of course, you have to do your part to go out and circulate, especially once Mars enters your sign, from November 18 to January 3, bringing out your legendary magnetism.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I remembered Michelet’s “To man, woman is as the earth was to her legendary son; he has but to fall down and kiss her breast and he is strong again.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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