supposedlyadverb
uk/səˈpəʊ.zɪd.li/us/səˈpoʊ.zɪd.li/C1 used to show that you do not believe that something you have been told is true:
Well, the tickets are supposedly in the mail.
More examples
- And what might be the underlying significance of these supposedly random acts of violence?
- There was a hidden meaning in her supposedly innocent remarks.
- Supposedly, she never spoke to him again.
- The letter was from her supposedly loving father.
- Supposedly, they were all grief-stricken by his death.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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
- putative
- so-called
- sound
- superficial
- supposed
- verisimilitude
- you can't judge a book by its cover idiom
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