reputedly

adverb

re·​put·​ed·​ly ri-ˈpyü-təd-lē How to pronounce reputedly (audio)
: according to reputation or general belief

Examples of reputedly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Enlarge / Ambras Castle's portrait of Vlad III (c. 1560), reputedly a copy of an original made during his lifetime. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2023 That is to say, hide them from reputedly the world's most effective intelligence outfit. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 The centerpiece relic this go-round is an astronomical calculator invented by Archimedes that can reputedly create fissures in time. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023 While the fully scalable JEA platform may cater to a wide variety of dimensions, proportions, and drivetrain combinations, the gist of the brand strategy, details of the reputedly unique user experience, and the product highlights have yet to be unveiled. Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023 The fifth, and reputedly the last, of Ford’s books about the character Frank Bascombe, this novel finds Frank now in his seventies and confronting his son Paul’s devastating illness. Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023 The archaeologists funded by Heinrich Himmler naturally glorified the material remains of ancient German societies (though Hitler was reputedly less than impressed with piles of pots). Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2010 The Brown University Faculty Club is another reputedly haunted spot, featuring a too-friendly spirit in Victorian garb known as the Pink Lady. Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023 Apart from one historical piece—a linocut portrait from 1963 of the nationalist poet Ivan Svitlychny by Alla Horska, an artist and activist who was murdered, reputedly by the K.G.B., in 1970—everything postdates the Russian seizure of Crimea, in 2014. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1655, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reputedly was in 1655

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“Reputedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reputedly. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

reputedly

adverb
re·​put·​ed·​ly
: according to reputation or general belief

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