Definition of Reportedly

1. Adverb. According to reports or other information. "She was reportedly his mistress for many years"

Partainyms: Reported

Definition of Reportedly

1. Adverb. According to reports or rumors; supposedly. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reportedly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reportedly

repopulations
repopulator
repopulators
report
report-card
report card
report cards
report out
reportability
reportable
reportable disease
reportage
reportages
reported
reported speech
reportedly (current term)
reporter
reporter gene
reporterly
reporters
reportest
reporteth
reporting
reporting verb
reporting verbs
reporting weight
reportingly
reportor
reportorial
reportorially

Literary usage of Reportedly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"The Zhong Gong qigong group, which reportedly had a following rivaling that of Falun ... Two leaders of other qigong groups also reportedly were arrested, ..."

2. The Kurds of Turkey: Killings, Disappearances and Torture by Lois Whitman (1993)
"Security forces then reportedly opened a wide-scale operation in Batman, ... Security forces seized HRA documents and archives and reportedly detained about ..."

3. Human Rights in Uzbekistan by Erika Dailey, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1993)
"On June 7, two unidentified men reportedly told Birlik member ... Twelve days later, he himself reportedly was the victim of a shooting attack. ..."

4. Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process by Alex Vines, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"The victims had reportedly tried to run away from the barracks where they were ... Angolan forces also reportedly crossed the border into the Democratic ..."

5. Azerbaijan: Seven Years of Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh by Christopher Panico, Human Rights Watch, Jemera Rone (1994)
"The fighters reportedly come from the conservative Hezb-i-Wahdat faction, ... During the Azerbaijani December 1993 offensive, mujahideen reportedly played ..."

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