purportedly

1. 1.

   believed or reputed to be the case

   Synonymssupposedly

Questions about purportedly

What does purportedly mean?

purportedly means "believed or reputed to be the case".

How many syllables are in purportedly?

purportedly has 4 syllables: pur-por-ted-ly. The stress falls on "por". In IPA it is /pɚˈpɔɹtɪdˌli/.

What is another word for purportedly?

Close synonyms include supposedly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is purportedly a common word?

purportedly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with purportedly?

42 words rhyme with purportedly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.