as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she's supposedly too sick to come—or so she says
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Recent Examples of supposedly
Several times, the president of the jury carried out a bizarre line of questioning that undercut the feminist victory the trial supposedly incarnated.
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Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
More recently, Russia has pushed baseless false claims about Ukrainian corruption, Zelensky's supposedly declining domestic political support, and wasteful spending of Western dollars, with many of these accusations created and spread by Dougan.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Both were supposedly members of a small, obscure Iranian religious community known as Baha’i.
—Peter Kiefer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
However, the iPhone 16e supposedly beats the iPhone 16 in battery run time despite being the same size.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2025
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Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
More recently, Russia has pushed baseless false claims about Ukrainian corruption, Zelensky's supposedly declining domestic political support, and wasteful spending of Western dollars, with many of these accusations created and spread by Dougan.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Both were supposedly members of a small, obscure Iranian religious community known as Baha’i.
—Peter Kiefer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
However, the iPhone 16e supposedly beats the iPhone 16 in battery run time despite being the same size.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposedly
Adverb
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The versatile Chestnut, 56, leads with intellect, charm and six-pack abs as Dr. John Watson, the beloved colleague of the apparently deceased Sherlock Holmes, in CBS' modern series.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Miller’s apparently been leaning on his new teammate this spring.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The main characters seemingly walk through the state in Season 5 and stay in Richmond for at least a week.—
Sabrina Moreno,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
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After all, a yearslong belief that demographic shifts, population growth and rapid urbanization had Democrats on the cusp of flipping the nation’s most populous Republican state was seemingly in tatters after November.—
J. David Goodman,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Adames also stopped by the Arizona complex after signing his record-setting seven-year, $182 million contract, ostensibly to check out the Giants’ facilities and scope out houses in the Scottsdale area.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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While the premise is ostensibly a tour through the different eras of New York City, the real purpose was to tour the different eras of SNL casts through this big, brassy prism.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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But Vought’s smile and the evidently apolitical nature of the 28 words posted on Facebook and X were anything but normal for progressive alums.—
Mason Laney,
National Review,
15 Feb. 2025
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And Stone, who’s 81 now, evidently couldn’t be cajoled into comment.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Six-year-old Louis and nine-year-old Charlotte's portraits presumably depict Kate, from the shoulders up.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Now Quentin and his merry band of murderous gays are dead by her hand, presumably leaving Greg to enjoy an undivided inheritance of $500 million.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Anyone who offers a confident explanation of the situation is probably wrong.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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That's probably what's happening in places like Vegas and Florida, where airfares were cheapest.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposedly. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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