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Grammar : Adv
Spell : suh-pohzd, -poh-zid
Phonetic Transcription : səˈpoʊzd, -ˈpoʊ zɪd



Definition of supposedly

Origin :
  • 1610s, from supposed + -ly (2).
  • adv seemingly
Example sentences :
  • A woman got in the way by accident, supposedly, of their getaway from the bank.
  • Extract from : « Second Sight » by Basil Eugene Wells
  • When the books are supposedly familiar to all readers, the marks are not used.
  • Extract from : « Punctuation » by Frederick W. Hamilton
  • Probably I did look young; and then Nannie, whom I was supposedly visiting, was only fifteen.
  • Extract from : « Jerry » by Jean Webster
  • I can then return in the future, supposedly to make further orders.
  • Extract from : « Revolution » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • We are supposedly a democracy, and our superstructure is plutocratic.
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • He went to Damietta, supposedly to take charge of the defense.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
  • The "Patriot" was supposedly lost off Cape Hatteras in 1812.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XII » by William Faux
  • From the supposedly abandoned sheds and houses, from the costumiers?
  • Extract from : « The Personality of American Cities » by Edward Hungerford
  • But the love of this supposedly savage slave is greater than her jealousy.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Opera Book » by Gustav Kobb
  • They were playing a supposedly superior team and beating them.
  • Extract from : « Red Dynamite » by Roy J. Snell

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