reputedly
/ɹɪpjˈutɪdli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: reportedly, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly"
- "The old mansion was reputedly haunted, but few were willing to go and investigate."
- "The brain of a calf, sheep, and pig, young and served fresh, is reputedly erotic in its effects."
- "That’s nothing compared with the actions of Emil Bove, Trump’s new nominee for the US court of appeals for the third circuit, who reputedly told subordinates at the Department of Justice that they should “consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’” and ignoring any court order blocking a planned deportation flight."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more reputedly (comparative)
most reputedly (superlative)