supposedly
IPA: sʌpˈoʊzʌdɫi
adverb
- As a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people.
- (Philippines, incorrect) Used in place of "supposed to be," often in informal or colloquial speech, as a mispronunciation.
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Examples of "supposedly" in Sentences
- It supposedly violates the rule of tincture.
- It is supposedly the thinnest snake in the world.
- In the course of battle, she supposedly kills Threnody.
- He is supposedly sequestered from the rest of the houseguests.
- The girl was supposedly the widow of the sheriff of Carmarthen.
- I moved the word 'supposedly' to the beginning of the sentence.
- He is supposedly killed in the explosion at the end of the book.
- The prophecies supposedly foretell the future of the Underlanders.
- But the question was supposedly about the label and the label alone.
- But the nomination is about the supposedly indiscriminate nature of the list.
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