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Definition of Purportedly
1. Adverb. Believed or reputed to be the case.
Definition of Purportedly
1. Adverb. supposedly, putatively(,) or reputedly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purportedly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purportedly
Literary usage of Purportedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Behind the Red Line: Political Repression in Sudan by Jemera Rone, Brian Owsley, Human Rights Watch/Africa (1996)
"... among them a brigadier and other officers.196 Lafon Declaration purportedly
Grants Amnesty to Both Sides in Faction Fighting On April 27, 1995, ..."
2. Helping Your Child Get Ready for School: With Activities for Children from by Nancy Paulu (1993)
"Third, one must consider the implications of strategic relationships in joint
ventures purportedly limited to one sector but clearly affecting relationships ..."
3. Security Awareness in the 1980s: Featured Articles From Security Awareness (1992)
"This campaign featured three forged documents purportedly from racist ...
In August, 1986, US news media received copies of a forged letter purportedly from ..."
4. State of the Petroleum Industry: Congressional Hearing edited by Frank H. Murkowski (2000)
"JOINT VENTURES AND OTHER STRATEGIC ARRANGEMENTS purportedly LIMITED TO ONE OIL
... These arrangements purportedly involve only one or two of the three ..."
5. French Perceptions of the Early American Republic, 1783-1793 by Peter P. Hill (1988)
"purportedly, a party of French sailors coming ashore from a warship had had ...
To vent their dislike, the family purportedly slurred Longchamps in the ..."
6. French Perceptions of the Early American Republic, 1783-1793 by Peter P. Hill (1988)
"purportedly, a party of French sailors coming ashore from a warship had had ...
To vent their dislike, the family purportedly slurred Longchamps in the ..."
7. Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process by Alex Vines, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"... US and French intelligence purportedly uncovered information that the Angolan
government might use its commandos to strike at the Ndola oil refinery, ..."
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