1
[ adjective ] of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb

Examples

"he kicked the proverbial bucket" "the proverbial grasshopper"

Related terms

proverb

2
[ adjective ] widely known and spoken of

Examples

"her proverbial lateness" "the proverbial absentminded professor" "your proverbial dizzy blonde"

Related terms

known

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Rhymes with

adverbial entrepreneurial secretarial microbial actuarial malarial perennial burial convivial material immaterial gabriel aerial triennial biennial radial centennial bicentennial alluvial ambassadorial editorial equatorial dictatorial curatorial senatorial conspiratorial gubernatorial terrestrial intracranial extraterrestrial matrimonial testimonial colonial memorial collegial professorial ceremonial immemorial venereal arboreal parochial millennial custodial arterial vestigial bacterial marsupial antibacterial magisterial imperial ministerial jovial tracheal industrial patrimonial vitriol endometrial trivial pluvial fluvial binomial medial raptorial biaxial pictorial sartorial primordial myocardial filial remedial laryngeal mercurial territorial pineal israel extraterritorial cereal menial serial lineal colloquial bronchial tutorial advertorial matrilineal managerial polynomial ethereal musial patrilineal coaxial

Phonetic and Homophones

P R AH0 V ER1 B IY0 AH0 L

Similar Spelling

proverbially proverb Provera proverbs preferential preferably preferable prevaricate prevaricator properly prevarication propertied

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