supposedly
adverb
sup·pos·ed·ly
sə-ˈpō-zəd-lē 
also -ˈpōzd-lē
: as is supposed : according to what is or was said, claimed, or believed by some
a supposedly true story
a supposedly good restaurant
He had dozens of people around him, supposedly looking after him …—
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Philip NormanDaddy took me to the Legion, to shoot pool supposedly.—Mary Karr
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Examples of supposedly in a Sentence
she's supposedly too sick to come—or so she says
Recent Examples on the Web
There is more acting involved than just saying that supposedly funny line that a lot of sitcoms rely on.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Despite the quirky name, supposedly chosen because pigs have no blackheads, the powerhouse patches work to treat and clear your pores of both blackheads and whiteheads.
—Leslie Patrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2024
With its response, Samsung is trying to use Apple's ad to distinguish itself as a tech company that's using AI and making hardware in a supposedly more ethical manner.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 16 May 2024
And changing demographic trends mean banks have been funneling CRA money supposedly earmarked for low-income Americans to wealthier homeowners instead.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 16 May 2024
All of it is exactly the sort of stuff kids got up to in the proverbial old days, the golden-hued mythical past that was also supposedly so much better than things are now.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
Blue Origin’s resumption of commercial flights—rumored to cost anywhere between $200,000 and the $28 million one civilian astronaut supposedly paid for the initial flight—means the space race between Jeff Bezos’s company and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is finally getting serious.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
Blackbeard supposedly lit fuses in his beard when approaching enemy prizes, looking like a demon straight out of hell.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
The couple came to the internet via a video to address the comments and the unexpected backlash Pearman-Maday has supposedly received from internet users.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 May 2024
Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Despite the quirky name, supposedly chosen because pigs have no blackheads, the powerhouse patches work to treat and clear your pores of both blackheads and whiteheads.
—Leslie Patrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2024
With its response, Samsung is trying to use Apple's ad to distinguish itself as a tech company that's using AI and making hardware in a supposedly more ethical manner.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 16 May 2024
And changing demographic trends mean banks have been funneling CRA money supposedly earmarked for low-income Americans to wealthier homeowners instead.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 16 May 2024
All of it is exactly the sort of stuff kids got up to in the proverbial old days, the golden-hued mythical past that was also supposedly so much better than things are now.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
Blue Origin’s resumption of commercial flights—rumored to cost anywhere between $200,000 and the $28 million one civilian astronaut supposedly paid for the initial flight—means the space race between Jeff Bezos’s company and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is finally getting serious.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
Blackbeard supposedly lit fuses in his beard when approaching enemy prizes, looking like a demon straight out of hell.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
The couple came to the internet via a video to address the comments and the unexpected backlash Pearman-Maday has supposedly received from internet users.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 May 2024
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supposedly. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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