Definitions for supposedly
sup·pos·ed·ly

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1. purportedly, supposedlyadverb

   believed or reputed to be the case

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1. supposedlyadverb

   As a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people.

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1. supposedly

   Supposedly is an adverb meaning generally accepted as true or the case, often without actual proof or knowledge. It refers to statements, beliefs or assumptions that are widely believed or taken for granted, but may not have been confirmed or proven.

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How to pronounce supposedly?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say supposedly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of supposedly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of supposedly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of supposedly in a Sentence

1. Carlos Birdsong:

   We moved here from South Carolina to this area because these public schools were supposedly good, the charter schools in our area are mostly White. The private schools are White. They are very good schools, but they may not be the best fit because they’re majority White.

2. Jeffrey Lichtman:

   This is largely an academic exercise as the government has never located or identified even a penny of this $ 12.7 billion in proceeds supposedly generated by Mr. Guzman.

3. Katrina Goss:

   They were supposedly boyfriend and girlfriend; I don't know what that means at his age.

4. Tom Fuentes:

   It supposedly did no permanent damage.

5. Petro Poroshenko:

   It is the utmost cynicism to depict our country as a supposedly fascist state. It is done with the aim of justifying to the Russian people its own criminal action - Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=supposedly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Supposedly
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=supposedly