reportedlyadverb
uk/rɪˈpɔː.tɪd.li/us/rɪˈpɔːr.t̬ɪd.li/C2 according to what many people say:
New York is reportedly a very exciting place to live.
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- The committee is reportedly unhappy about the discrepancy in numbers.
- The president is reportedly getting twitchy about the recent fall in his popularity.
- The actress is reportedly very upset by the incident.
- The plane was reportedly shot down by enemy aircraft.
- 50 people have reportedly been injured in an explosion at the plastics factory.
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
- supposed
- supposedly
- verisimilitude
- you can't judge a book by its cover idiom
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