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allegededly

/əˈlɛdʒ.ɪd.ɪd.li/

allegededly is the deliberate misspelling of allegedly.

allegededly is the misspelling of allegedly.

Meaning of allegedly

Adverb

allegedly (not comparable)

  1. According to allegation(s); supposedly, reportedly.
    • Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, putatively, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly

Origin of allegededly

Intentional misspelling of allegedly (“according to someone's allegation”) through the duplication of -ed (“used to form the past tenses of most verbs”). Used to mock the frequent use of the term by the media, especially in contexts where the evidence is ostensibly sufficient enough to warrant factualness; see the usage notes of allegedly.

Unintentional.

Questions about allegededly

What is allegededly the deliberate misspelling of?
Allegededly is the deliberate misspelling of allegedly.
How do you pronounce allegededly?
Allegededly is pronounced /əˈlɛdʒ.ɪd.ɪd.li/.

Words near allegededly in the dictionary

  1. allegeance
  2. allegeances
  3. allegeaunce
  4. allegeaunces
  5. alleged
  6. allegededly
  7. allegedly
  8. allegement
  9. allegements
  10. alleger
  11. allegers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: allegededly (page history and authors); allegedly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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