Difference between belief and reputedly
Definitions
noun
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- any cognitive content held as true
Examples
The work of the Hard-Edge painters, their first collective exhibition catalog in 1959 asserted, runs counter to a widespread contemporary belief in the primary value of emotion and intuition in esthetic experience … the [Hard-Edge painter] is not preoccupied with art as an opportunity to make autobiographical statements.
There is much in the words and thoughts of the Romantic poets that is excessive or impractical, but their beliefs and the passion with which they pursued them still serve as an example.
GENERAL LEVALLE, Argentina—Pilots often stare in disbelief when they make their first flight over this hamlet on the verdant pampa.
Definitions
adverb
- by repute; according to general belief
Examples
But after reputedly making millions from crime he says he's now penniless.
The Romans reputedly forded the river a few miles east of Mr Boanas' history-making attempt, but the river is believed to have been marshland then, and without the deep channels gouged out by modern shipping.
Already Fitch's new headquarters is reputedly worth the ￡13 million it cost to buy and convert.
