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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One defendant — Katrina Woods, 33, of Maricopa, Ariz. — listed in her fraudulent claim a nonexistent address in Altadena that was supposedly destroyed as her primary residence, authorities said.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the supposedly rousing action finale hinges on whether the bad guys will kill a busload of kids and drop them into a mass grave.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
The Razr Ultra specifically employs Corning's Gorilla Glass Ceramic, not unlike Apple's Ceramic Shield on its iPhones, for supposedly 10 times better drop performance.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 24 Apr. 2025
Fast forward and digital-native companies have been disrupting the staid and supposedly impenetrable market of textbooks.
—Michael B. Horn, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the supposedly rousing action finale hinges on whether the bad guys will kill a busload of kids and drop them into a mass grave.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
The Razr Ultra specifically employs Corning's Gorilla Glass Ceramic, not unlike Apple's Ceramic Shield on its iPhones, for supposedly 10 times better drop performance.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 24 Apr. 2025
Fast forward and digital-native companies have been disrupting the staid and supposedly impenetrable market of textbooks.
—Michael B. Horn, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for supposedly
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supposedly. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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