Definitions
believed or reputed to be the case
Word origin
From purported + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly”
“In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English.”
“Australia is working to verify the authenticity of a video that purportedly shows one of its nationals captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“So they say”11 letters
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