purportedly
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Etymology edit
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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.