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What is the adjective for proverbially?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs proverb, proverbialise and proverbialize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

proverbial
  1. Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
  2. Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Her husband rushed into the kitchen, and like that proverbial knight in shining armor, took over from that point on.”
      “She rises like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes of her lunacy to become the first woman psychoanalyst in Switzerland.”
      “The common proverbial maxims of prudence, being founded in universal experience, are perhaps the best general rules which can be given about it.”
proverbed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of proverb
proverbing
  1. present participle of proverb
proverbialised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of proverbialise
proverbialising
  1. present participle of proverbialise
proverbialized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of proverbialize
proverbializing
  1. present participle of proverbialize
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