Definition of reputedly
:according to reputation or general belief
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Nelsen's — whose founder reputedly drank a pint of bitters every day as a restorative and lived to be 90 — issues Bitters Club Certificates to anyone willing to knock back a shot.
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Jay-Z and Beyoncé reputedly had twins earlier this month.
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Ballard, whose reputedly immense appetite for scouting calls to mind Padres talent man A.J. Preller, has made several promising moves this offseason.
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Despite the overpopulation in Schumann’s reputedly muddy orchestration, Mr. Salonen elicited a crisp, lively and appealing performance.
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Or, as Archimedes reputedly said when insight struck, Eureka!
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The original, said to be worth $1 million and reputedly the most valuable trophy in American sports, is brought to the course for one day only and is kept in the Baltimore Museum of Art.
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The ancient Greeks reputedly used egg sacs to bandage wounds, and New Guinean fishermen are known to have woven the webs of orb spiders into nets.
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Hoffman was reputedly a fan in real life, and Wapner’s admirers included several members of the Supreme Court.
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First Known Use of reputedly
1655
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