purportedly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]purportedly (not comparable)
- 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
[edit]as appears or is said to be true
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References
[edit]- “purportedly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.