purportedly

[ UK /pɜːpˈɔːtɪdli/ ]
[ US /pɝˈpɔɹtɪdˌɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. believed or reputed to be the case
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How To Use purportedly In A Sentence

  • Notwithstanding, it takes a good deal of thought to achieve such a transformation, and it is an ability purportedly in demand but sadly lacking in supply within the framework of most biennales.
  • What is this purportedly critical part of the island nation's tale? Times, Sunday Times
  • Indeed, there have even been cases in which purportedly “natural” weight-loss and other supplements, like those containing the much-vaunted Acai Berry, have been contaminated either intentionally or through sloppy production methods with stimulants like oxilofrine, ephedrine and clenbuterol and steroids like nandrolone. The Explainer: Why clenbuterol?
  • In part, the social power of cadastral maps derived from the "scientific" and purportedly ungendered (because disembodied) quality of their construction, for by concealing their human origins and political objectives in the precisely measured straight lines and quantified areas of their pictorial images, these mappings disavowed the possibility of change or resistance. Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
  • Either way, none of us will be the worse for the truly incredible journey to inquire and discover what can be surmised about Jesus 'Lost Years by taking the questions right to the ancient temple of the Hindus called Jagannath in Puri, India, where some say Jesus spent several years (the "some" include the present spiritual leader of the Hindu religion, the Shankaracharya) and a Buddhist monastery high in the Himalayas in Ladakh, India, where an ancient scroll has long been held to exist that purportedly answers all the questions about the Missing Years of Jesus (see: www. jesus-in-india-the-movie.com) Paul Davids: Jesus' Lost Years May Finally Have Been Found
  • The woman found a letter purportedly signed by the Prime Minister.
  • Government agencies, even those purportedly dedicated to making money, are inherently inefficient and self-perpetuating.
  • One man has even begun making orgone generators, which use crystals, semi-precious stones and gold to purportedly put out positive energy to combat the negative vibes flooding the town from the Wi-Fi base stations. English hippies concerned about Wifi | clusterflock
  • It was her involvement in astronomy and astrology that purportedly aligned her with black magic and divination.
  • ..purportedly, footage was shot in a barn "raised in one day", like that alone is believable, in the pennsylvania countryside on an old 'daguerreotype' camera & the sepia toned fotos were hand colored & then spliced into an action sequence, showing a allegedly fake 'take off & landing'... This Just in: I Break for Holidays!
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