reportedly
[ri-pawr-tid-lee, -pohr-]
- according to report or rumor: Reportedly, he is a billionaire.
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Origin of reportedly
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Examples from the Web for reportedly
Contemporary Examples
Reportedly, George Custer wore a Stetson into Little Big Horn.
Yet, this year, even with God and Country counting on us, Black Friday sales were reportedly sluggish.
Jeffrey Holden had reportedly been shooting at houses and passersby before the authorities arrived at the scene.
The host was reportedly awarded more than $1 million and the rights to archived recordings of his show.
She reportedly also had a book collection worth more than €20 million, including a first edition of Don Quixote from 1605.
Historical Examples
He reportedly passed on my request to captain of police, Captain Fritz.
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Drastic measures were reportedly taken in cases where the clergy opposed the government order.
Area Handbook for AlbaniaEugene K. Keefe
The government had reportedly asked the French to install a television network at the end of 1969.
Area Handbook for AlbaniaEugene K. Keefe
Nearly four hundred English, living in exposed areas of the colony, reportedly lost their lives in the massacre.
Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660Wilcomb E. Washburn
She saw the one whose father had reportedly been pushed under a bus by his mother, and he grimaced at her.
MakersCory Doctorow
reportedly
- according to rumour or reporthe is reportedly living in Australia
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