Dictionary
be supposedly
adverb
As a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people.
synonyms
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Children used to be (supposedly) seen, but not heard.
Interpersonal relationships are being transformed into products that can be (supposedly) objectively measured and objectively chosen, even though such relations represent the exact opposite.
"If I'm going to be supposedly taking too long between points on one or two points, then grunting that loud for that long is like an extended grunt as well.
"Your heart has to be supposedly in it, and you have to demonstrate that by staying as late as you're supposed to stay or responding to e-mails at 11 p.m".
Copper sites could be supposedly described as the product of introducing (OH ⋯Cu⋯(OH) to the planar defects of zinc oxide structure.
It may be supposedly a one-off appearance to make the 60th anniversary of the contest, but could Australia actually win this Saturday?
Similar(47)
The mission was supposedly "private".
Players were supposedly overpaid.
"I was supposedly supervising him," Shannon says.
Now A-Rod was supposedly coming clean.
TVes is supposedly a public-service station.
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