Synonyms for supposedly
sup·pos·ed·ly

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1. supposedlyadverb

   Synonyms:
   purportedly

2. supposedlyadverb

   As a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people.

   Synonyms:
   purportedly

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1. purportedly, supposedlyadverb

   believed or reputed to be the case

   Synonyms:
   purportedly

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1. List of paraphrases for "supposedly":

   allegedly, purportedly, ostensibly, presumably, reportedly, so-called, apparently, seemingly

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1. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn:

   Woe to that nation whose literature is disturbed by the intervention of power. Because that is not just a violation against freedom of print, it is the closing down of the heart of the nation, a slashing to pieces of its memory. The nation ceases to be mindful of itself, it is deprived of its spiritual unity, and despite a supposedly common language, compatriots suddenly cease to understand one another.

2. Jason Momoa:

   This is the last day of the brown. I'm gon na be a blonde -- supposedly have more fun, i don't know about that ; we'll test it out.

3. Moshe Szyf:

   When people withdraw, and supposedly they’re in a rehab and kind of free of drugs, the brain is not really free of thinking about drugs.

4. Jeffrey Lichtman:

   This is largely an academic exercise as the government has never located or identified a penny of this $12.7 billion in proceeds supposedly generated by Mr. Guzman.

5. Dennis McKinsey:

   If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's Okay, he's God. He can do whatever he wants. Anyone who adheres to this philosophy has had his sense of morality, decency, justice and humaneness warped beyond recognition by the very book that is supposedly preaching the opposite.