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memorably

[mem-er-uh-buhl] Origin

mem·o·ra·ble

[mem-er-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
2.
easily remembered.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin memorābilis worth mentioning, equivalent to memorā(re) to mention + -bilis -ble

mem·o·ra·bil·i·ty, mem·o·ra·ble·ness, noun
mem·o·ra·bly, adverb
un·mem·o·ra·ble, adjective


1. noteworthy, impressive, celebrated.

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Memorably is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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memorable (ˈmɛmərəbəl, ˈmɛmrə-)
 
adj
worth remembering or easily remembered; noteworthy
 
[C15: from Latin memorābilis, from memorāre to recall, from memor mindful]
 
memora'bility
 
n
 
'memorableness
 
n
 
'memorably
 
adv

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memorable
1436, from M.Fr. mémorable, from L. memorabilis "worthy of being remembered," from memorare "to bring to mind," from memor "mindful of" (see memory).
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