Proverbially

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Proverbially \Pro*ver"bi*al*ly\, adv.
     In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly;
     universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is
     proverbially busy.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  proverbially
       adv : in the manner of something that has become a byword; "this
             proverbially bitter plant, wormwood"