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adverbaccording to reputation or popular belief: a reputedly honest man. Origin of reputedlyFirst recorded in 1680–90; reputed + -ly Words nearby reputedlyrepurpose, reputable, reputation, repute, reputed, reputedly, req., request, request stop, Requiem, requiem shark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for reputedlyHer father was reputedly a capo in the Bonanno crime family. 'Mob Wives’ Courtroom Drama Exposes Rat, But Protects Jury|Michael Daly|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Vito Marcantonio, the fiery Communist congressman from the Bronx, was reputedly playing ball with the mob. Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Live In: Kevin Baker’s New York|Allen Barra|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Finance Ministry technocrats, who reputedly hold nightly séances with Milton Friedman, create the budget options. Lapid Lost, Obama Distracts|Gershom Gorenberg|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST It was erected by the State of Virginia in 1940, reputedly on the spot where he received his famous nickname. Manasses (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park-Virginia|Francis F. Wilshin
Beyond all this, I command myriads of spirits, invisible, and reputedly omnipotent. The bush (reputedly the abode of ghosts) was, save at one point, impenetrable. The Keepers of the King's Peace|Edgar Wallace Jacob had a large family; his sons are reputedly the heads of the twelve Jewish tribes. A Few Words About the Devil|Charles Bradlaugh Lough Derg is reputedly one of the prettiest pieces of water in Ireland. Romantic Ireland; volume 2/2|M.F and B. McM. Mansfield
British Dictionary definitions for reputedly
adverbaccording to general belief or suppositionthe reputedly excellent food Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to reputedlyostensibly, professedly, clearly, obviously, surely |