Purportedly

"Purportedly" in a Sentence (6 examples)

Purportedly by means of the value derived from all the varied attributes of humanity.

Algeria purportedly is interested in sending peacekeepers to Libya.

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.

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’.

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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