purportedly
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adverb
purportedly (not comparable)
- supposedly, putatively, or reputedly
- 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
supposedly; putatively; reputedly
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