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Purportedly   /pərpˌɔrtɪdli/   Listen
Purportedly

adverb
1.
Believed or reputed to be the case.  Synonym: supposedly.






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"Purportedly" Quotes from Famous Books



... Time, 3/37/229, the forces of the Imperial Government occupied the planet Bairnvell. (See article, Page One.) The ships of the Imperial Space Force landed, purportedly at the request of Obar Del Pargon, rebel leader of the anti-Presidential forces. That such an action should be condoned by the Imperial File is astounding enough; that it should be ordered by the Prime Portfolio ...
— The Unnecessary Man • Gordon Randall Garrett



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