Reputedly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    According to repute or general belief.

    "Near-synonyms: reportedly, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly"

Adverb
  1. 1
    by repute; according to general belief wordnet

Synonyms

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allegedlyas it werelikelyostensiblyplausiblypossibly

Example

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"In the tenth century, the city of Shiraz already held a library that reputedly featured a copy of every known book at the time."

Etymology

From reputed + -ly.

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