purportedly

[US]/'pɝpɔtɪdli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. allegedly

Example Sentences

The Didot Perceval, named after the manuscript\'s former owner, and purportedly a prosification of Robert de Boron\'s sequel to Joseph d\'Arimathie.

Real-world Examples

This purportedly can lead to insulin resistance.

Source: Popular Science Essays

Organisers can purportedly inject a dose of youthful dynamism into such outfits.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

This is purportedly the longest glass-bottomed bridge on earth or above it.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2022 Collection

This after an amateur video purportedly shows a pregnant woman thrown to the ground by uniformed police.

Source: AP Listening October 2014 Collection

Images purportedly filmed in secret show detainees being forced to strip while a camp worker hoses them down.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2013

Americans, by contrast-at least in the maturity of old age—have more intergroup wisdom than the purportedly collectivist Japanese.

Source: The Economist - Technology

" Old Dominion" was purportedly what England's King Charles II called Virginia because of its initial loyalty to England.

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2018 Collection

And it’s sometimes called the Dark Ages, because it was purportedly unenlightened.

Source: World History Crash Course

They purportedly present both sides of an issue, but the commentator is always biased.

Source: 2009 ESLPod

His detention is said to be linked to audio messages in which he purportedly accuses party colleagues of receiving illegal funds.

Source: BBC Listening Collection September 2023

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