purportedly

CEFRC1

/pəˈpɔː.təd.li/

adverb

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In plain English

01
adverb
According to what people say, although it may not be true.
02
adverb
Extra detail
As appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).

Examples

Algeria purportedly is interested in sending peacekeepers to Libya.
Purportedly by means of the value derived from all the varied attributes of humanity.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly
In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English.
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.

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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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From purported + -ly.