purportedly

English

Etymology

From purported +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈpɔː(ɹ).təd.li/

Adverb

purportedly (not comparable)

1. As appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).

   Synonyms: allegedly, ostensibly, putatively, reportedly, reputedly, supposedly

   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120:

     In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English.

Translations

as appears or is said to be true

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: oletettavasti (fi), mukamas (fi)
• German: angeblich (de), vermeintlich (de), vorbeglich
• Irish: de réir cosúlachta, de réir dealraimh
• Maori: ko te tikanga ...
• Russian: предположи́тельно (ru) (predpoložítelʹno)
• Spanish: supuestamente (es) m
• Turkish: güya (tr), sözde (tr)

References

• “purportedly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.