familiarly

Adverb

Meaning

In a familiar manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

often generally commonly easily frequently nearly normally closely regularly naturally familiar constantly consistently informally popularly
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Antonyms

originally rarely newly commercially badly firmly
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Phrases with the word

familiarly so called

Examples

The task confronting contemporary man is to live with the hidden ground of his activities as familiarly as our literate predecessors lived with the figure minus ground. Marshall McLuhan

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends. Alphonsus Liguori

Extremes, though, are always risky and ordinarily downright baneful, and the dangers of prolonged contact with any poetry that seems to exceed what we most familiarly know of the first-class are formidable. J. D. Salinger

... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?" "I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires. Robert E. Howard

A father would do well, as his son grows up, and is capable of it, to talk familiarly with him; nay, ask his advice, and consult with him about those things wherein he has any knowledge or understanding. John Locke

Sid, as he was familiarly known by his friends, was one of the most respected and devoted members of the socialist minority group Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

familiarized familiarizer familiarizing familiarly so called familiarness familiary