Definitions

professedly

[pruh-fes-id-lee] / prəˈfɛs ɪd li /

ADVERB

allegedly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

purportedly supposedly

WEAK

as stated assertedly avowedly

ADVERB

apparently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allegedly ostensibly possibly probably supposedly

WEAK

as if as though at a glance at first sight in all likelihood intuitively it appears that it seems that most likely on the face of it outwardly plausibly reasonably reputably speciously superficially tangibly to all appearances

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improbably unlikely

WEAK

dubiously equivocally questionably uncertain

ADVERB

evidently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

doubtless manifestly obviously officially ostensibly plainly seemingly undoubtedly

STRONG

patently

WEAK

doubtlessly incontestably incontrovertibly indisputably it seems it would seem outwardly to all appearances unmistakably without question

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improbably unlikely

WEAK

doubtfully mistakably obscurely questionably vaguely

ADVERB

ostensibly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

evidently officially seemingly supposedly

WEAK

at first blush externally for all intents and purposes for show on the face on the surface outwardly sensibly superficially to the eye

Antonyms

WEAK

improbably obscurely unlikely

ADVERB

ostensively

Synonyms

WEAK

allegedly as if as though at a glance at first sight evidently externally in all likelihood intuitively it appears that it seems that most likely on the face of it ostensibly outwardly plausibly possibly probably reasonably reputably seemingly speciously superficially supposedly tangibly to all appearances

ADVERB

outwardly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

seemingly superficially

STRONG

externally

WEAK

apparently as far as one can see evidently for all intents and purposes in appearance officially on the face of it on the surface ostensibly to the eye

Antonyms

WEAK

inside internally inwardly privately

Example Sentences

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Professedly, Herbert’s contention merely is that non-Christians feeling after the “supreme God” and the law of righteousness must have a chance of salvation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Professedly they are works of psychological observation; but the tendency and suasion in them seems to run to disintegrating the idea of truth, recommending belief without reason, and encouraging superstition.

From Character and Opinion in the United States by Santayana, George

False papers next on board were found, Sham invoices of flames and darts, Professedly for Paphos bound, But meant for Hymen's golden marts.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

"Professedly prudent" is the phrase that I have chosen to apply to Benjamin Franklin.

From The Americanism of Washington by Van Dyke, Henry

Professedly despising pleasure and fortune, but secretly laboring to acquire their possession, they manufactured with more facility diabolical apparitions, than those which spontaneously sprang from the overwrought brain of the sincere.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John

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