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
With 17 million watching, the audience, too, becomes possessed — including the president of the United States — providing unpredictable entertainment that morphs into evil when a supposedly harmless, fake exorcism turns all too real.
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Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Now, this has happened to me a couple of times actually, where I’ve been sent what are supposedly the multi-track tapes for an album.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
The headless ghost of Hooch Simpson supposedly still wanders the area that was once Skidoo, looking for his noggin.
—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
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Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Now, this has happened to me a couple of times actually, where I’ve been sent what are supposedly the multi-track tapes for an album.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
The headless ghost of Hooch Simpson supposedly still wanders the area that was once Skidoo, looking for his noggin.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposedly
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Meanwhile, prosecutors earlier this year charged three other San Diego-area CBP officers in a similar but apparently unrelated case.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The surgery addressed the impingement, but Ball is still apparently affected enough by it to be sidelined in game action for the better part of the last week.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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This offseason is seemingly going to be dominated by the top free agents on the market, including superstar Kyle Tucker.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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But seemingly by sheer willpower, Meredith holds out her hand, which sends the liquid back in the opposite direction toward Britani.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Guiteau eventually worms his way into an audience, ostensibly seeking an ambassadorship for his dubious contributions to the campaign but, in reality, requesting a path to greatness.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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More than that, though, the Misen’s cooking surface repels moisture to a far greater degree, despite being made of ostensibly the same material.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The ending in del Toro’s Frankenstein is evidently one of bittersweet hope.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Now, the 30-year-old lefty will hope some other team out there sees him as more of a roster hopeful than the Orioles evidently did.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Holland's recent social media posts were candid about his situation, which are presumably the posts WWE considered a breach.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Mackenzie Scott‘s presumably didn’t either, but her focus did.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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That probably stems from the extraordinary effort his players have produced across this block of fixtures.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Newsom’s closure of that highway, where shrapnel actually fell on police vehicles, probably saved both lives and plenty of property damage.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposedly. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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