- according to what is generally thought or believed but not known for certain synonym allegedly
- The novel is supposedly based on a true story.
- a poem supposedly written by Shakespeare
- Police have found the supposedly stolen car.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySupposedly is used with these adjectives:- factual
- impartial
- independent
- …
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