as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she's supposedly too sick to come—or so she says
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Recent Examples of supposedly
Elena wanted to find other girls who play sports that are supposedly just for boys.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live and the man most single-handedly responsible for O’Brien’s stardom, supposedly hated it.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
The bets supposedly involved basketball games and horse races.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
This supposedly stands for 23 de Enero, a Caracas neighborhood known for crime.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live and the man most single-handedly responsible for O’Brien’s stardom, supposedly hated it.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
The bets supposedly involved basketball games and horse races.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
This supposedly stands for 23 de Enero, a Caracas neighborhood known for crime.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supposedly
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Their initial attempt wasn’t smooth—the airline first rescheduled their Munich flight to Zurich due to apparently low bookings, then canceled it altogether due to an engine issue.—
Scott Campbell,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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Will Poulter has never been afraid to get rough on screen and the same apparently applies to his work process as well.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
6 Apr. 2025
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Doncic was traded seemingly at the peak of his career, which made the trade even more shocking and inexplicable.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Chubs had a long road to this seemingly happy ending.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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One meme showed a check for millions of dollars, ostensibly paid to Haddad by a criminal gang.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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And that’s while there’s ostensibly still a federal labor board to police these matters.—
Shaun Richman,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The company has evidently been building toward this moment, with Lütke's memo serving as the official announcement that the transition period is over.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In August, de Moraes increased the financial penalties and implemented a nationwide ban on X. Musk briefly circumvented the ban through Starlink, which provides internet service to many Brazilians, but he was evidently rattled.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Red inflatable boats drive around the neighborhood on waterways above what presumably had been yards and streets.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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That worthy goal has been raised like a hardy perennial at least since the birth of our nation, when presumably it was calculated with quill pens.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Instead, its atmosphere is probably chock-full of vaporized atomic metals—like stars of similar temperatures.—
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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In the present, the unexpected return of an old teammate sends Shauna spiraling in ways that should probably concern everyone.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Supposedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposedly. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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