as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she's supposedly too sick to come—or so she says
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Recent Examples of supposedly
The headless ghost of Hooch Simpson supposedly still wanders the area that was once Skidoo, looking for his noggin.
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Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
At its height in 2017, there were 150 Farm Bank deli counters slinging cheese that supposedly came from the company’s farms.
—Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
These rumors concern both current LIV members and others supposedly arriving from other tours.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
This would supposedly show Palestinians that there was a better answer than Hamas.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
At its height in 2017, there were 150 Farm Bank deli counters slinging cheese that supposedly came from the company’s farms.
—Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
These rumors concern both current LIV members and others supposedly arriving from other tours.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
This would supposedly show Palestinians that there was a better answer than Hamas.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposedly
Adverb
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Generally, what happens to the White House’s trash is secret—at least as of 2018, which was apparently the last time the federal government released any information on where Oval Office garbage goes.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Lollapalooza show, the group says, was apparently manifested by the guitarist Parkinson.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The series follows the slow and halting coming together of Noah, reeling from a broken relationship, and Joanne (Kristen Bell), an agnostic podcaster with seemingly little in common with the spiritual leader.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, the present era is an epoch in which wars go on seemingly forever—now simmering, now boiling—without end.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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What ostensibly started as a war against the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl has now ballooned into a far broader clash – spanning rare earths, American soybean exports, technology controls and China’s energy dealings with Russia.—
Jhasua Razo,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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The subterfuge saw Colthurst ride his bicycle to Kensington Palace ostensibly to have tea with an old friend (the story was captured in the Netflix series The Crown).—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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American leaders should not hesitate to rein in Taiwan’s evidently reckless leader, perhaps with a private warning.—
Lyle Goldstein,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Since the skirt was so evidently the outfit's statement piece, Biles simply paired it with a form-fitting, white long sleeve and white, knee-high boots.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Those ideas presumably included Kirk’s anti-trans stance, given that her own daughter is trans.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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The changes could, presumably, cover the entire county, but there is no timetable for passage of the ordinance.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Louisville would probably look quite different if the founder of Brown-Forman never became the first whiskey maker to bottle and seal his liquor.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Sports betting is probably as old as sports itself.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposedly. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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