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supposably
[ suh-pohz-uh-blee ]
adverb
- as may be assumed, imagined, or supposed:
In our modern and supposably transparent era, the government’s motives for war have come into question.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of supposably1
First recorded in 1690–1700; supposab(le) ( def ) + -ly ( def )
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Example Sentences
The spider and the fly was nothing to the arrangements they had made to receive their supposably unsuspicious guests.
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A wind might supposably have blown her away, but one knew it would not, because she was firm and steady on her small feet.
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But I'm not supposably the kind of priest you mean, and I don't think just such a priest supposable.
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But the extreme poles of her affection are supposably represented by Phaon and Anactoria.
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At this time Mme. du Deffand had supposably reformed her conduct, if not her belief.
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