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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Despite that litigation, WB claimed that Midjourney has recently removed copyright protections in its supposedly shameful ongoing bid for profits.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
The House recently passed a bipartisan bill called the Fix Our Forests Act that supposedly directs funding to forest restoration and wildfire prevention and mitigation.
—Lahari Vuppaladhadiam, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
This gives the state a supposedly legitimate use of violence.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
The don, Joe Black (John Malkovich), sends them off to the Vatican, where supposedly the original manuscript actually could be verified and brought back to him.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
The House recently passed a bipartisan bill called the Fix Our Forests Act that supposedly directs funding to forest restoration and wildfire prevention and mitigation.
—Lahari Vuppaladhadiam, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
This gives the state a supposedly legitimate use of violence.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Sep. 2025
The don, Joe Black (John Malkovich), sends them off to the Vatican, where supposedly the original manuscript actually could be verified and brought back to him.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for supposedly
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supposedly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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