reputedly

1. 1.

   by repute; according to general belief

   “fish with reputedly poisonous flesh”

Questions about reputedly

What does reputedly mean?

reputedly means "by repute; according to general belief".

How many syllables are in reputedly?

reputedly has 4 syllables: re-pu-ted-ly. The stress falls on "pu". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈpjutɪdli/.

Is reputedly a common word?

reputedly 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.