| 单词 | reputedly |
| 释义 | reputedly (once / 14943 pages) adv Use the adverb reputedly for things that are said by many to be a certain way, like the unpromising-looking pizza place that's reputedly the best Italian restaurant in your neighborhood. When people generally believe that you're really fast at reading, you're a reputedly speedy reader. And if the creepy old house next door is reputedly haunted, that means that everyone says ghosts live there. Another way to think of reputedly is meaning "by reputation." In fact, the two words share a Latin root, reputare, "to count over, reckon, or think over." WORD FAMILYreputedly USAGE EXAMPLESMoments before his martyrdom, he reputedly told his Roman executioners, who were roasting him alive on a gridiron, “Turn me over. This side is done.” The New Yorker(Aug 11, 2016) Objects reputedly belonging to an infamous Victorian serial killer have gone on display. BBC(Nov 20, 2016) “What are you afraid of?” he reputedly asked. Washington Post(Nov 14, 2016) adv by repute; according to general belief fish with reputedly poisonous flesh |
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