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 …—
Philip Norman
Philip NormanDaddy took me to the Legion, to shoot pool supposedly.—Mary Karr
Mary KarrExamples of supposedly in a Sentence
she's supposedly too sick to come—or so she says
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Meanwhile, Linus waits in a pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin, a mythical Santa Claus-like figure who supposedly brings gifts every Halloween.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Ghostwatch is truly one of a kind, a ghost story disguised as a live news broadcast in which reporters chronicle a family supposedly being haunted by a poltergeist.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
The Lost Dutchman The Lost Dutchman Mine is one of Arizona's most enduring legends, centered around a fabled gold mine supposedly hidden in the Superstition Mountains.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Long ensnared in his long relationship with the now deceased Epstein, who supposedly committed suicide while in police custody in 2019, Andrew has become a public pariah to his image-conscious family since his mother’s death in 2022.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Ghostwatch is truly one of a kind, a ghost story disguised as a live news broadcast in which reporters chronicle a family supposedly being haunted by a poltergeist.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
The Lost Dutchman The Lost Dutchman Mine is one of Arizona's most enduring legends, centered around a fabled gold mine supposedly hidden in the Superstition Mountains.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Long ensnared in his long relationship with the now deceased Epstein, who supposedly committed suicide while in police custody in 2019, Andrew has become a public pariah to his image-conscious family since his mother’s death in 2022.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supposedly. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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