Definition of reputedly
: according to reputation or general belief
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While generally regarding dogs as unclean, Islam viewed cats rather more positively, with the earliest cat sanctuary reputedly founded in Cairo in 1280.
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His conservative bona fides have, reputedly, helped earn him a spot on President Trump’s shortlist for Supreme Court nominations.
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Millionaires' Row, a four-mile stretch of Euclid Avenue from Public Square to East 105th Street, was the locale of 250 of the most opulent homes in the country, and reputedly where half the millionaires in the world lived.
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Before the 1979 revolution, Iran under the shah was reputedly the biggest buyer of U.S. military equipment, depositing funds for potential deals in a Defense Department account.
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People travel from across the country for Philadelphia’s reputedly pure heroin.
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Days later, the village was sacked, reputedly by the Cavalry.
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Gordon played the role of Denis Byrd (a character that de Palma reputedly based on himself).
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Of course, famed author Ernest Hemingway reputedly ripped a urinal out of a bathroom in Key West’s Sloppy Joe’s Bar and installed at his home in the 1930s.
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First Known Use of reputedly
1655
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