purportedly

[ per-pawr-tid-lee ]

adverb

1. according to what is or has been claimed, reputed, or asserted; allegedly:

   The upcoming version of the tablet will purportedly feature a brand new processor, but no other details are yet known.

   The defendant has not listed the brokers and valuation professionals with whom he purportedly consulted, nor has he told us the questions that he purportedly asked them.

Word History and Origins

Origin of purportedly¹

purported ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

According to the plea agreement, Flores represented to Moore and others that Sawusch approved his use of the funds “because the victim had purportedly become an ‘investor’ in all of defendant Flores’ ventures.”

From Los Angeles Times

It's not known whether he took a dose of it when he purportedly had a parasitic worm in his brain "which ate a portion of it and then died."

From Salon

A politics that trades incessantly on disdaining “white male” this and that and on hyping “toxic masculinity” is as self-defeating as a purportedly “anti-racist” politics that ends up hyping racial identity itself.

From Salon

Earlier in October, Russian hackers were purportedly behind a denial-of-service attack against Raffensberger's government website, which provides instructions for people on how to vote in Georgia.

From Salon

Local media also published pictures purportedly from his room, showing a TV with a broken screen, multiple bottles, cans, candles, aluminium foil and a half-full glass of champagne.

From BBC

Related Words

• allegedly
• apparently
• probably