1 in a friendly and informal manner, sometimes in a way that is too informal to be pleasant:
John Hunt, familiarly known to his friends as Jack * He touched her cheek familiarly.
2 in the way that is well known to people:
The elephant's nose or, more familiarly, trunk is the most versatile organ in the animal kingdom.
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