putatively
/ˈpju.tə.tɪv.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a putative manner; according to belief.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, purportedly, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly"
- "Even the putatively innocuous whimsical shapes and designs of cakes and pastry, notably in Central Europe, retain to this day the phallic concept[.]"
- "Whites who tried to live and work in West Africa, a climate putatively designed for blacks, died in droves [...]"
- "To construct a phylogenetic tree, molecular biologists compare the differences in nucleotide sequences of many isolates of putatively related organisms."
- "The following are the focus of research: in the Pyraloidea (Subobjective 1.1) Ategumia, Desmia, Diaphania, Eulepte, Herpetogramma, Omiodes, Patania; in the Gelechioidea (Subobjective 1.2) genera within and putatively near the Recurvaria-group (Gelechiinae: Litini); in the Noctuoidea (Subobjective 1.3) fern-feeding Argyrosticta in relation to Callopistria, boundaries and composition of the Eriopinae, and erebid litter moths (Herminiinae)."
Etymology
Etymology tree English putative Middle English -ly English -ly English putatively From putative + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpju.tə.tɪv.li/
- British English: /ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv.li/
Inflected Forms
more putatively (comparative)
most putatively (superlative)