supposedly

Adverb

Meaning

believed or reputed to be the case

Synonyms

Antonyms

Examples

According to the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office, the victim was punched and beaten with a roofing tool after an argument over a trailer and $30 supposedly owed to one of the suspects. Source: Internet

Act 2 A room in Bartolo's house with a piano Almaviva again appears at the doctor's house, this time disguised as a singing tutor and pretending to act as substitute for the supposedly ailing Basilio, Rosina's regular singing teacher. Source: Internet

Adding an element of total absurdity, more of CNN’s “unnamed sources” were supposedly told that First Lady Melania is among those who want the President to surrender. Source: Internet

Aether supposedly possessed some wonderful properties: it was sufficiently elastic to support electromagnetic waves, and those waves could interact with matter, yet it offered no resistance to bodies passing through it. Source: Internet

After the commercial, the audience is brought back to a supposedly "live feed" of the playing field hearing startled sports commentators as Alexander and the dog land in the field to wild applause. Source: Internet

After he supposedly got engaged to Clare, Dale left the set in La Quinta, California and returned to his native South Dakota. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms