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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she's supposedly too sick to come—or so she says
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The national gloom stems from something deeper, specifically the torment of a supposedly cohering national story about opportunity that is encoded in culture, policy, and civic life.
—Adam Chandler, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Furthermore, the leak of over a billion records from supposedly ‘no-logs’ VPNs emphasize the vulnerabilities associated with inadequate privacy measures.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
In our current culture wars, the left gets accused of playing loose with language that is supposedly eternal and universal, distorting the meaning of words in order to suit its ideology.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2025
The song is supposedly about how corporations care more about profit than creativity but this song was made to be a commercial jingle, as this Quilted Northern commercial so aptly illustrates.
—Spin Editors, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
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Adam Chandler, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Furthermore, the leak of over a billion records from supposedly ‘no-logs’ VPNs emphasize the vulnerabilities associated with inadequate privacy measures.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
In our current culture wars, the left gets accused of playing loose with language that is supposedly eternal and universal, distorting the meaning of words in order to suit its ideology.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2025
The song is supposedly about how corporations care more about profit than creativity but this song was made to be a commercial jingle, as this Quilted Northern commercial so aptly illustrates.
—Spin Editors, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supposedly. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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