professedly
Example Sentences
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Russia plays a part: Call it irony, or call it hypocrisy, but activists so professedly dedicated to putting their country first are more than happy to take money from Moscow.
From Washington Post
The resolution would irresponsibly ratify every presidential use of force professedly justified by the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force — even those classified and unknown to Congress and the American people.
From Washington Post
At present, experience with state regulation of Internet gambling within their borders does not corroborate the evils the Republican quartet professedly fear.
From Washington Times
Be wary whenever a federal agency issues a professedly benign regulation.
From Washington Times
The president-elect corrected himself and deleted the offending tweet, confirming that he had meant to type “unprecedented” and leaving at least one key national security adviser professedly baffled by the whole thing.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
