reportedly

[ri-pawr-tid-lee, -pohr-]

adverb

1. according to report or rumor.

   Reportedly, he is a billionaire.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reportedly¹

First recorded in 1900–05; report + -ed ² + -ly

Example Sentences

The outage had a far-reaching impact - even reportedly disrupting the sleep of some smart bed owners.

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In some places, roofs have reportedly been ripped off houses, while trees and electricity poles have been knocked down.

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The bathroom off the Lincoln Bedroom has also reportedly been redone, but how does one top the now-infamous Mar-a-Lago restroom, with its crystal lighting fixtures, marble floors and stacks of classified-document boxes?

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The other man, from Colombia, reportedly remains hospitalised.

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Anthropic is reportedly in talks with Google for a cloud-computing deal potentially worth tens of billions of dollars for AI chip access.

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