Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, purportedly, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly
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Putatively
//ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv.li//
Synonyms for "putatively" (12 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adverb(3 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (6)
Adverb(6 words)
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5 translations across 2 languages.
German
3 entries- mutmaßlich adv (according to belief)
- vermeintlich adv (according to belief)
- vermutlich adv (according to belief)
Russian
2 entries- вероя́тно adv (according to belief)
- предположи́тельно adv (according to belief)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Even the putatively innocuous whimsical shapes and designs of cakes and pastry, notably in Central Europe, retain to this day the phallic concept[.]
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The following are the focus of research: in the Pyraloidea (Subobjective 1.1) Ategumia, Desmia, Diaphania, Eulepte, Herpetogramma, Omiodes, Patania; in the Gelechioidea (Subobjective 1.2) genera within and putatively near the Recurvaria-group (Gelechiinae: Litini); in the Noctuoidea (Subobjective 1.3) fern-feeding Argyrosticta in relation to Callopistria, boundaries and composition of the Eriopinae, and erebid litter moths (Herminiinae).
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To construct a phylogenetic tree, molecular biologists compare the differences in nucleotide sequences of many isolates of putatively related organisms.
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