assumed
adjective
adopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned.
assumedly
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a word derived from
assumed.
Example Sentences
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Napier described Hocke’s new role — he’s assumedly keeping his $750,000 a year salary — as helping with messaging, motivation and themes.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
The last number reported — 650,000 — was from June 2020, but assumedly it has grown since then.
From The Verge ● Aug. 5, 2022
The solution to such a conundrum would assumedly be radically higher Pentagon spending.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2018
Indeed, Raymond’s mother is not merely controlling in the way that assumedly bad mothers are; she is literally his “controller” in an elaborate plot that destroys both of them.
From Slate ● May 26, 2017
Compounds have been put upon the market which assumedly claim to be cures for tackiness.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
