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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Whereas 30-year-olds are already supposedly lost to the byzantine ways of workplace bureaucracies, those a decade their junior are blank slates.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2025
Jesus is now back playing, Havertz is supposedly close to a return and Merino has thrust his own name into contention.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
And that explosive screening Avary claims to have heard about, the one where Kubrick supposedly got into a shouting match with studio execs?
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Hsieh's family also claims that there's no evidence the businessman attended the will's signing, which supposedly occurred in March 2015, given that none of his calendars, emails and other documentation noted such an event.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
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Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2025
Jesus is now back playing, Havertz is supposedly close to a return and Merino has thrust his own name into contention.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
And that explosive screening Avary claims to have heard about, the one where Kubrick supposedly got into a shouting match with studio execs?
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Hsieh's family also claims that there's no evidence the businessman attended the will's signing, which supposedly occurred in March 2015, given that none of his calendars, emails and other documentation noted such an event.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supposedly. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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