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 …—
Philip Norman
Philip NormanDaddy took me to the Legion, to shoot pool supposedly.—Mary Karr
Mary KarrExamples of supposedly in a Sentence
she's supposedly too sick to come—or so she says
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Two years ago, in a supposedly meaningless fourth-quarter snap of a 56-19 blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the Dolphins’ top pass rusher ruptured his ACL, meniscus and patella tendon in his right knee.
—Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
Instead, OpenAI describes a series of behind-the-scenes improvements that supposedly make ChatGPT faster, smarter and more capable.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
On location, sparks supposedly rekindle, just not in any way the audience can detect.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
Especially since Big Ten membership and that full conference schedule that supposedly helps create such a disadvantage was USC’s own choice, albeit by the previous athletic director, Mike Bohn.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
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Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
Instead, OpenAI describes a series of behind-the-scenes improvements that supposedly make ChatGPT faster, smarter and more capable.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
On location, sparks supposedly rekindle, just not in any way the audience can detect.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
Especially since Big Ten membership and that full conference schedule that supposedly helps create such a disadvantage was USC’s own choice, albeit by the previous athletic director, Mike Bohn.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supposedly. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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