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purportedly

UK/pəˈpɔː.təd.li/US/pɚˈpoɹ.tɪd.li/

purportedly adverb: as appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).

Adverb

purportedly (not comparable)

  1. As appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).
    • Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly
    • In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120

purportedly meaning in Tamil

purportedly in Tamil

மேம்போக்காக

Examples of purportedly in a sentence

  • Antisemitic rhetoric specifically targets Jews; anti-Jewish rhetoric instead targets all who bear purportedly Jewish characteristics, especially non-Jews.
  • The Vatican on Sunday publicly unveiled a handful of bone fragments purportedly belonging to St.
  • In their quest, they've amassed an exhaustive list of substances that purportedly have aphrodisiac properties.

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Synonyms of purportedly

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Origin of purportedly

From purported + -ly.

Questions about purportedly

What does purportedly mean?
Purportedly means as appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).
What is purportedly in Tamil?
Purportedly in Tamil is மேம்போக்காக. See Purportedly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is purportedly?
Purportedly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce purportedly?
Purportedly is pronounced /pəˈpɔː.təd.li/ (UK).

Words near purportedly in the dictionary

  1. purpogallin
  2. purpoint
  3. purpoints
  4. purport
  5. purported
  6. purportedly
  7. purporting
  8. purportion
  9. purportions
  10. purportless
  11. purports

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: purportedly (page history and authors); purportedly (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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