EGAVE

purportedly

About 0.53 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb As appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).

Similar words

supposedly reportedly presumably alleged reputedly allegedly seemingly ostensibly apparently perceivedly

Often followed by

to written the from a made in for based had

Word family

purported

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