reputedly

English

Etymology

From reputed +‎ -ly.

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Adverb

reputedly (comparative more reputedly, superlative most reputedly)

  1. According to repute or general belief.
    Near-synonyms: reportedly, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly
    The old mansion was reputedly haunted, but few were willing to go and investigate.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 49:
      The brain of a calf, sheep, and pig, young and served fresh, is reputedly erotic in its effects.
    • 2025 August 25, Robert Reich, “Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 25 August 2025:
      That’s nothing compared with the actions of Emil Bove, Trump’s new nominee for the US court of appeals for the third circuit, who reputedly told subordinates at the Department of Justice that they should “consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’” and ignoring any court order blocking a planned deportation flight.

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