purportedly

English

Etymology

From purported +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈpɔː(ɹ).təd.li/

Adverb

purportedly (not comparable)

As appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).
Synonyms: allegedly, ostensibly, putatively, reportedly, reputedly, supposedly
- 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120:
  In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English.

Translations

as appears or is said to be true

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: oletettavasti (fi), mukamas (fi)
German: angeblich (de), vermeintlich (de), vorbeglich
Irish: de réir cosúlachta, de réir dealraimh
Maori: ko te tikanga ...
Russian: предположи́тельно (ru) (predpoložítelʹno)
Spanish: supuestamente (es) m
Turkish: güya (tr), sözde (tr)

References

“purportedly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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