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What is another word for proverbial?

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Adjective
Of, resembling, or expressed as a fable or fairy tale
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“Her husband rushed into the kitchen, and like that proverbial knight in shining armor, took over from that point on.”
Adjective
Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb or cliché
“She rises like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes of her lunacy to become the first woman psychoanalyst in Switzerland.”
Adjective
Conventional, especially in a stereotypical sense
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“The common proverbial maxims of prudence, being founded in universal experience, are perhaps the best general rules which can be given about it.”
Adjective
Widely known, especially so as to be stereotypical
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“The neighborliness and hospitality of farmers is proverbial in every land and clime.”
Adjective
Publicly acknowledged to be
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Adjective
Of or pertaining to an axiom
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