proverbially in English

adverb

through an adage, through a parable, by using a proverb

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1. 16 The proverbially dour New England Puritan.

2. The two were inventors and proverbially poor business men, though they had Amassed a fortune

3. Its relatively isolated inhabitants proverbially lived a simple, pastoral life. Arcady - definition of Arcady by The Free Dictionary

4. Byword (n.) also by-word, late Old English biword "proverb, word or phrase used proverbially;" see by + word (n.)

5. This page shows answers to the clue Byword, followed by 3 definitions like “A common saying; a proverb”, “A word or phrase used proverbially” and …

6. In Ancient Greek culture, people from the Boeotian region—which included the ancient city of Thebes—were considered, especially by Athenians, to be proverbially dull and incapable of appreciating music or poetry

7. Boeotian (adj.) "ignorant, dull," 1590s, from Boeotia, district around Thebes in ancient Greece (said to have been so called for its cattle pastures; from Greek bous "ox," from PIE root *gwou-"ox, bull, cow"), whose inhabitants were characterized as proverbially dull and countrified by their neighbors to the east, the Athenians, who thought Boeotia "a canton hopelessly behind the times, a slow