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Definition of "reportedly" []

  • By report; supposedly. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "reportedly" in a sentence
  • "No specific date was given related to his departure, though his term reportedly ends in May."
  • "When this young woman walks down the street, well-off men, very normal men, in their 50s, stop and make fun of her, saying 'Bunga, bunga,' a term reportedly describing sexually charged dancing at Berlusconi's villa."
  • "That was the term reportedly hurled by Chinese students during violent protests against Africans on Chinese campuses in the lead-up to the pro-democracy rallies in Tiananmen Square twenty years ago."