Meaning & Definition of Supposedly in English
English⟶
Supposedly
/səpoʊzədli/
adverb
1. Believed or reputed to be the case
synonym:
- purportedly,
- supposedly
Examples of using
Firstly: We, your forebears, cannot help you from the land beyond. Secondly: The slayer of wheelchairs came here incognito and therefore could only have brought a small number of guards with him. And thirdly: there is (supposedly) no beautiful princess. Got all that? Well, then have fun with your task.
Even though we're supposedly in a recession, people are traveling abroad in record numbers this Golden Week holiday.