reportedly
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpɔːtɪdli/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adverb
[edit]reportedly (not comparable)
- According to reports or rumors. [from 19th c.]
- Near-synonyms: reputedly, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly
- 2011 February 25, “Building a new Libya”, in The Economist:
- Other opposition forces have reportedly pushed to Ajdabiya, west of Benghazi […]
- 2015, Morgan Pitelka, Spectacular Accumulation:
- Nintoku, the pseudolegendary emperor of the fourth century, reportedly enjoyed falconry.
- 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 8 May 2025:
- The growing use of social media to spread anger and dissent in the Arab world has been hailed by western governments as one of the chief justifications for a completely unfettered internet. The US is reportedly funding the secret rollout of technology in Iran in an effort to undermine internet censors in the country.
- 2025 February 7, Josie Ensor, “Meet Elon Musk’s ‘baby-faced assassins’ leading Doge takeover”, in The Times[2], archived from the original on 30 March 2025:
- Coristine, who had signed onto the telemeeting using a non-government email address, gave the bureaucrats swift marching orders, telling them he needed access to the federal department’s contract and payment systems before reportedly making them justify their jobs at the $1 billion-budget administration.
Translations
[edit]according to reports or rumors
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