as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she's supposedly too sick to come—or so she says
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An interesting option is the Lanczos 3 resampling, which takes longer but supposedly produces superior resizing results.
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Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
The jadedness that has started to accompany these matches against supposedly lesser opponents is apparent in the failure to sell out Selhurst Park and the absence of any real atmosphere.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The jury concluded the NFL violated antitrust law through its 32 teams pooling broadcasting rights for out-of-town fans and, supposedly, exploiting that pooling to charge higher prices.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Though the sisters are supposedly first-generation Italian American, no whiff of the old country hangs about Kay; Dorothy will at least spit out a few words in Italian.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
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Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
The jadedness that has started to accompany these matches against supposedly lesser opponents is apparent in the failure to sell out Selhurst Park and the absence of any real atmosphere.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The jury concluded the NFL violated antitrust law through its 32 teams pooling broadcasting rights for out-of-town fans and, supposedly, exploiting that pooling to charge higher prices.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Though the sisters are supposedly first-generation Italian American, no whiff of the old country hangs about Kay; Dorothy will at least spit out a few words in Italian.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposedly
Adverb
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The San Diego Sheriff’s Office Saturday released the name of a 34-year-old man who died last week after apparently attempting to kill himself inside his cell at San Diego Central Jail.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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But apparently that memo got lost in New York traffic, or something.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Fashion Month took us all over the globe, where weather patterns were seemingly different in every city.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Fighting Irish had slipped into seemingly perpetual mediocrity and unfulfilled expectations.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Those changes, enacted ostensibly to limit access to federal money only to legal residents and to prevent fraud in the federal health system, could boost health care needs in a broader way.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Alien life, ostensibly, would have originated somewhere else and thus not share this common ancestor.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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One passage depicts the Bonnie-and-Clyde-like notoriety of Frank and the Bride, leading ordinary women to adopt her wild hairdo and goth makeup (including what are evidently meant to be burns on her mouth and tongue from all that electricity).—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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In the ensuing mayhem, Ahmadinejad and his family evidently escaped their home and went underground.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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Bruce Pearl — the former Auburn coach and father of Steven Pearl, the current coach — recently made comments disparaging the resume of Miami (Ohio), another team on the bubble, presumably to prop up Auburn’s chances.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
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That’s a model many school, presumably, would want to emulate rather than try to quick fix a program by throwing money at transfers.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Shared finances, in particular, could probably use specific conversations about fair splits and future financial moves.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Mar. 2026
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That probably won’t happen this time with Dybantsa’s Cougars losing in the quarterfinals.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposedly. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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