purportedly

English

Etymology

From purported ‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈpɔː(ɹ).təd.li/

Adverb

purportedly (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms: allegedly, ostensibly, putatively, reportedly, reputedly, supposedly

   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120:

     In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English.

   • 2022, Harry Hobbs, George Williams, “Motivations” (chapter 3), in Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, page 98:

     After several years Philip Rigoli left the property, describing his family as ‘strange and toxic’, but father Virgilio and brother Joe continued to develop their nation, maintaining that it was the only valid response to a government purportedly discriminating against ‘Christians, white Anglo-Saxons and capitalists’.

Translations

as appears or is said to be true

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: oletettavasti (fi), mukamas (fi)
• German: angeblich (de), vermeintlich (de), vorbeglich
• Irish: de réir cosúlachta, de réir dealraimh
• Maori: ko te tikanga ...
• Russian: предположи́тельно (ru) (predpoložítelʹno)
• Spanish: supuestamente (es) m
• Turkish: güya (tr), sözde (tr)

References

• “purportedly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.