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How to use reputedly in a sentence

15 example sentences · adverb

Reputedly means according to repute or general belief. Example: “The old mansion was reputedly haunted, but few were willing to go and investigate.”

Examples of reputedly by meaning

adverbAccording to repute or general belief.

  • The old mansion was reputedly haunted, but few were willing to go and investigate.
  • The brain of a calf, sheep, and pig, young and served fresh, is reputedly erotic in its effects.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 49

More sentences with reputedly

  • At her peak at Morgan, she reputedly earned twenty or thirty million dollars a year.2010 November 29, John Cassidy, “Mary Meeker Moves On”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry corporate speak
  • One swine megafarm in Milford Valley, Utah, reputedly produces more sewage than the city of Los Angeles.2006, Mike Davis, The Monster at Our Door, →ISBN, page 84. From the entry megafarm
  • He is, reputedly, a dashing Casanova and receives oh so many letters from oh so many femmes.1997, Hugh Aaron, Letters from the Good War: A Young Man's Discovery of the World, Stones Point Press, →ISBN, page 314. From the entry oh so
  • Gonzalez is under orders from that mysterious tycooness, the reputedly brilliant and learned Mrs.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN. From the entry tycooness
  • In fact, they are keen to get their hands on the Relic, reputedly the corpse of the Doctor’s final incarnation.2023 April, Doctor Who RPG - Unofficial Sourcebooks. From the entry recorporate
  • The Italian fashion of wearing red underpants on December 31 is becoming popular, reputedly to guarantee luck for the new year.1994, Marketing in Europe, Issues 380-385, page 77. From the entry underpants
  • The term phallus is reputedly of Phoenician origin.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 149. From the entry Phoenician
  • Joolby was—ethnologically at all events—white, a person of obvious means, and in various subterranean ways reputedly powerful, Mr.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry ethnologically
  • Post-syphilic syndrome is reputedly rather fun.2006 May 10, Elixirbet, “how many STDs are there?”, in soc.sexuality.general (Usenet), retrieved 22 Apr 2022. From the entry Cupid's Disease
  • In less of a nod than a jabbed finger to the film's own forebears, Felix drops in a mention of Evelyn Waugh being reputedly obsessed with the place.2023 November 13, Rosalind Jana, “Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain's stately homes”, in BBC. From the entry under the surface
  • Yggdrasil was reputedly a gigantic ash tree (and was the central feature of Norse cosmology), around the base of which the serpent Níôhöggr had twisted its body.2007, Bob Curran, Ian Daniels, Walking with the Green Man: Father of the Forest, Spirit of Nature, page 66. From the entry Yggdrasil
  • “They described increasingly narrow circles, reminiscent of the hag track (which are circles of coarse grass where witches reputedly dance at night) in order to apparently stir me up.”1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 98. From the entry hag track
  • One of the rare women who came to great power in the early medieval world was Brunhild, daughter of the Visigothic king Athanagild and reputedly a girl of mesmerising beauty.2014, Wim Blockmans, Peter Hoppenbrouwers, Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500, page 104. From the entry Brunhild

Meaning of reputedly

  1. adverb According to repute or general belief.

Full definition of reputedly

Questions about reputedly in a sentence

How do you use reputedly in a sentence?
Reputedly is used as an adverb. For example: “The old mansion was reputedly haunted, but few were willing to go and investigate.”
What is a short sentence with reputedly?
“Post-syphilic syndrome is reputedly rather fun.”
What does reputedly mean?
Reputedly means according to repute or general belief.

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