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单词 supposedly
释义
supposedly
adverb
uk
/səˈpəʊ.zɪd.li/us
/səˈpoʊ.zɪd.li/
C1
used to show that you do notbelievethat something you have been told istrue:
想象上；大概；恐怕
Well, theticketsare supposedly in themail.嗯，票可能已经寄出了。
Synonyms
allegedly
purportedly
More examples
  • And what might be theunderlyingsignificanceof these supposedlyrandomactsofviolence?
  • There was ahiddenmeaningin her supposedlyinnocentremarks.
  • Supposedly, she neverspoketo him again.
  • Theletterwas from her supposedlylovingfather.
  • Supposedly, they were all grief-stricken by hisdeath.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Seeming and purporting to be
  • apparent
  • appear
  • as if/thoughidiom
  • by the look(s) of thingsidiom
  • come across
  • come off
  • outward
  • outwardly
  • parallax
  • pass
  • pass for sb/sth
  • persona
  • seemingly
  • semblance
  • so-called
  • sound
  • superficial
  • superficiality
  • superficially
  • surface
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(Definition ofsupposedlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

supposedly| American Dictionary

supposedly
adverb[not gradable]
us
/səˈpoʊ·zɪd·li/
accordingto what someone told you, oraccordingto what isbelievedby manypeopleto betrue:
Theticketsare supposedly in themail.
I’ve been down to thesouthofEnglandwhere supposedly King Arthur’scastlewas.
(Definition ofsupposedlyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsupposedly

supposedly
This construction gives rise to an environment in which thesupposedlyresumptive strategy is possible even in the absence of the requisite overt morphological agreement.
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It echoes still today, not only in disputations, but also and especially in academic seminars,supposedly.
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What issupposedlystriking about the biological rhythms of these animals is their relative insensitivity to alterations in environmental conditions.
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He constantly makes use of the opportunities presented by the media age, but does not always consider the effect of hissupposedlydiscriminating, abstract language.
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Thatsupposedlydreadful tyrant, the playwright, is not deposed, but outright conquered; you have not jettisoned his words, but stolen them.
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Subadult individuals were all black-coated wild boar whose carcass weighed <50 kg,supposedlycorresponding to 13- to 24-month-old animals.
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Popular newspapers, by reaching thesesupposedlyimpressionable groups, had the potential to cause significant damage.
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Good fiscal housekeeping became an obligation that (supposedly) governed the behaviour of prudent consumers, corporate managers and national governments alike.
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Neither did it signify thesupposedly'mercantilist' attitude of the owners and managers, as it has sometimes been suggested.
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This allowed them to think that women and servants who lived undersupposedlykindly masters would be free.
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Everywhere they looked, they saw the lines blurring betweensupposedlyprivate activities.
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I use the term generically as a social construct, rather than meaning an ideology which promotessupposedlyautonomous individuals.
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Asupposedlyunanswerable statement stubbornly asserted from a variety of post-modern cul-de-sacs.
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But the study goes on to demonstrate that thissupposedlynon-ideological element of our justice system is in fact deeply influenced by political ideology.
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Given that the strains aresupposedlythe same species, it might be anticipated that resultant crosses should remain viable over a significant number of generations.
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