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supposedly

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

avverbio

  1. 1

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

    Near-synonyms: supposably, reportedly, reputedly, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly

    People from other planets have supposedly visited Earth in flying saucers.

    According to your testimony, you were supposedly at home watching TV when the murder occurred.

    In these early days of silent pictures, the accent was chiefly on thrills and danger as provided by supposedly unstoppable locomotives with crooks or maniacs on the footplate.

  2. 2

    informaleUsed in place of "supposed to be," often in informal or colloquial speech, as a mispronunciation.

    My parents told me I am supposedly in bed by 10 P.M.

Etimologia

Etymology tree English supposed Middle English -ly English -ly English supposedly From supposed + -ly.

Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

Contenuto lessicale tratto da Wiktionary, sotto licenza CC BY-SA 4.0 · Voce di origine · Versione dei dati 2026-08-23

Posizione tra le parole del corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — sottotitoli di film e serie, quindi lingua parlata e non scritta (CC BY-SA 3.0).