presupposedly
presupposedly adverb: in a presupposed manner.
Adverb
presupposedly (comparative more presupposedly, superlative most presupposedly)
- In a presupposed manner.
- The Salinas Index notices a controversy in progress at Pacific Grove that threatens to rent asunder the usual harmony that has presupposedly reigned there.1889 September 25, The Daily Bee, volume LXVI, number 10,097, Sacramento, Calif., page 1
- However, the solemn vow of ordination, like the divine call, upon which it is presupposedly founded, is for the whole life, and can not, therefore, be laid aside for trifling considerations or secular interests.1890, J[ohn] C[alvin] Magee, “Derivation, or Accreditization”, in Apostolic Organism, Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe; New York: Hunt & Eaton, section II (How Is Ministry Scripturally Constituted?)...
Examples of presupposedly in a sentence
- Yet we saw a woman’s footprints, presupposedly hers, in the clay of the avenue drain, which must have been made after enough rain had fallen to soften it.1905 December 17, Broughton Brandenburg, “The Third Woman in the Case”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., fourth part, page 4:
- He presupposedly has the credentials of a scholar but it was scarcely the act of a gentleman.1988 January 28, Thomas J. O’Donnell, “Insensitive remarks”, in Lincoln Journal, page 9:
Forms of presupposedly
| comparative | more presupposedly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most presupposedly |
Origin of presupposedly
From presupposed + -ly.
Questions about presupposedly
- What does presupposedly mean?
- Presupposedly means in a presupposed manner.
- How do you use presupposedly in a sentence?
- Yet we saw a woman’s footprints, presupposedly hers, in the clay of the avenue drain, which must have been made after enough rain had fallen to soften it.
- What part of speech is presupposedly?
- Presupposedly is an adverb.
Words near presupposedly in the dictionary
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