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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The Brewers are giddy with the chance to show up the manager who left them for more money and supposedly a better team in Chicago.
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
The anachronistic, startling tall ship and black mast, the word Dash clearly visible upon her prow, supposedly took the blasts and disappeared again.
—Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
And a bed in Room 19 is haunted by a bride who supposedly hung herself from the headboard in 1912.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Previously, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell yanked their music off the service to protest Joe Rogan’s podcast at the height of the pandemic for supposedly spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccine.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
The anachronistic, startling tall ship and black mast, the word Dash clearly visible upon her prow, supposedly took the blasts and disappeared again.
—Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
And a bed in Room 19 is haunted by a bride who supposedly hung herself from the headboard in 1912.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Previously, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell yanked their music off the service to protest Joe Rogan’s podcast at the height of the pandemic for supposedly spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccine.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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