putativeadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv/us/ˈpjuː.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/formalgenerally thought to be or to exist, even if this may not really be true:
The putative leader of the terrorist cell was arrested yesterday.
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Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- as if/though idiom
- by the look(s) of things idiom
- come
- come across
- come over
- face
- ostensible
- outward
- paper
- persona
- prima facie
- purport
- reportedly
- so-called
- sound
- supposed
- supposedly
- verisimilitude
- you can't judge a book by its cover idiom
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putatively
adverb uk/ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv.li/us/ˈpjuː.t̬ə.t̬ɪv.li/