Purportedly Meaning
/pəˈpɔː.təd.li/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advAs appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).
Sentence Examples
Purportedly by means of the value derived from all the varied attributes of humanity.
Algeria purportedly is interested in sending peacekeepers to Libya.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The painting ____ created by Van Gogh was later discovered to be a clever forgery.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The artifact was ____ discovered in a tomb that had remained sealed for over three thousand years.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English purported Middle English -ly English -ly English purportedly From purported + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English."
— 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120:
"After several years Philip Rigoli left the property, describing his family as ‘strange and toxic’, but father Virgilio and brother Joe continued to develop their nation, maintaining that it was the only valid response to a government purportedly discriminating against ‘Christians, white Anglo-Saxons and capitalists’."
— 2022, Harry Hobbs, George Williams, “Motivations” (chapter 3), in Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, page 98:
"Australia is working to verify the authenticity of a video that purportedly shows one of its nationals captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine."
— 2024 December 23, Hilary Whiteman, “Australia investigates video purportedly showing national captured by Russian forces in Ukraine”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The painting ____ created by Van Gogh was later discovered to be a clever forgery.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The artifact was ____ discovered in a tomb that had remained sealed for over three thousand years.