supposedly

Synonyms for supposedly

MOST RELEVANT

Antonyms for supposedly

adverb. seemingly

adverb. seemingly

adverb. apparently

Word Origin & History

1610s, from supposed + -ly (2).

A woman got in the way by accident, supposedly, of their getaway from the bank.

When the books are supposedly familiar to all readers, the marks are not used.

Probably I did look young; and then Nannie, whom I was supposedly visiting, was only fifteen.

I can then return in the future, supposedly to make further orders.

We are supposedly a democracy, and our superstructure is plutocratic.

He went to Damietta, supposedly to take charge of the defense.

The "Patriot" was supposedly lost off Cape Hatteras in 1812.

From the supposedly abandoned sheds and houses, from the costumiers?

But the love of this supposedly savage slave is greater than her jealousy.

They were playing a supposedly superior team and beating them.