purportedly
adverb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /pəˈpɔː.təd.li/ / /pɚˈpoɹ.tɪd.li/ / [pɚˈpoɹ.ɾɪd.li]
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English purported Middle English -ly English -ly English purportedly From purported + -ly.
- As appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).
“Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly”
“In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English.”