according to what is generally thought or believed but not known for certain
SYNALLEGEDLY:
The novel is supposedly based on a true story. * a poem supposedly written by Shakespeare * Police have found the supposedly stolen car.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for supposedly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is supposedly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, supposedly is tagged as adverb.
Does supposedly appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — supposedly appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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