purportedlyadverb
uk/pəˈpɔː.tɪd.li/us/pɝːˈpɔːr.t̬ɪd.li/in a way that is stated to be true, although this may not be the case:
The study purportedly found that men married to smart women live longer.
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation
- assumption
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- guesstimate
- overestimate
- preception
- preconception
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposition
- shot
- supposition
- surmise
- underestimate
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