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Supposedly

/səˈpoʊzədli/
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(adv) As a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people.

Supposedly, everyone is connected to everyone else by, at most, six degrees of separation.
Supposedly, his father once betrayed China.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The movie is ____ based on a true story, but many people doubt that all the events actually happened today.

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