reportedly

English

Etymology

From reported +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɔːtɪdli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

reportedly (not comparable)

1. According to reports or rumors; supposedly. [from 19th c.]
   • 2011 February 25, “Building a new Libya”, in The Economist:

     Other opposition forces have reportedly pushed to Ajdabiya, west of Benghazi […]

   • 2015, Morgan Pitelka, Spectacular Accumulation:

     Nintoku, the pseudolegendary emperor of the fourth century, reportedly enjoyed falconry.

Translations

according to reports or rumors

• Bulgarian: както се говори (kakto se govori)
• Danish: angiveligt
• Dutch: naar verluidt (nl)
• Finnish: kuulemma (fi), tietojen mukaan (literally “according to information”), kerrotaan, että... (literally “it is told that”), väitetään, että... (literally “it is claimed that”)
• French: supposément (fr), paraît-il
• German: angeblich (de), Gerüchten zufolge
• Hungarian: állítólag (hu)
• Polish: rzekomo (pl), podobno (pl), ponoć (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian: navodno (sh)
• Spanish: supuestamente (es)
• Swedish: enligt uppgift