reportingly

adv

Etymology: From reporting + -ly.

1. By common report or rumour.

   “If thou dost love, my kindness shall incite thee To bind our loves up in a holy band; For others say thou dost deserve, and I Believe it better than reportingly.”

   “If a man, having a genuine opinion on any matter (b), chooses, nevertheless, to state it as a fact, or, having information, expresses the subject of it, in Beatrice’s phrase, “better than reportingly,” he must take all the risks, and abide by all the consequences, attending a representation pure and simple.”