Supposedly
adverb
It is believed to be true, but not confirmed or proven.
She was supposedly at home during the incident.
Often appears as...
- supposedly true
- supposedly responsible
adverb
Used to express doubt or skepticism about something.
He is supposedly a billionaire, but no one has seen any evidence of his wealth.
Often appears as...
- supposedly wealthy
- supposedly experienced
Usage tips
Disapproving
adverb
It is believed to be true, but not confirmed or proven.
She was supposedly at home during the incident.
Often appears as...
- supposedly true
- supposedly responsible
adverb
Used to express doubt or skepticism about something.
He is supposedly a billionaire, but no one has seen any evidence of his wealth.
Often appears as...
- supposedly wealthy
- supposedly experienced
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Uncertainty
Use 'supposedly' when something is widely accepted but lacking solid proof.
Tom is supposedly a great singer, but I've never heard him.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Belief
It suggests what is generally believed to be the case, even if it's not verified.
Dinosaurs are supposedly ancestors of birds.
Pro Tip 3/3Hearsay Usage
Often used to report information heard from others, not first-hand knowledge.
She's supposedly moved to a new city, according to rumors.
Pro Tip 1/3Uncertainty
Use 'supposedly' when something is widely accepted but lacking solid proof.
Tom is supposedly a great singer, but I've never heard him.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Belief
It suggests what is generally believed to be the case, even if it's not verified.
Dinosaurs are supposedly ancestors of birds.
Pro Tip 3/3Hearsay Usage
Often used to report information heard from others, not first-hand knowledge.
She's supposedly moved to a new city, according to rumors.
Pro Tip 1/3Uncertainty
Use 'supposedly' when something is widely accepted but lacking solid proof.
Tom is supposedly a great singer, but I've never heard him.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Belief
It suggests what is generally believed to be the case, even if it's not verified.
Dinosaurs are supposedly ancestors of birds.
Pro Tip 3/3Hearsay Usage
Often used to report information heard from others, not first-hand knowledge.
She's supposedly moved to a new city, according to rumors.
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
means sanctuary and supposedly there are almost these parallel universe that abide in certain places that if one's reached a level of self-actualization one can slip inside of them but without achieving that level would never even know that they exist so this is really the etymology of the
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A queer vision of love...
because I was supposedly born in the wrong body? But it's this type of structuring that has to be reframed in order to let love in. My body never betrayed me, and my body was never wrong. It's this restrictive, binary thinking on gender that said that I didn't exist.
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Peter Attia: What if...
with these three burning questions that wouldn't go How did this happen to me if I was supposedly doing everything right? If the conventional wisdom about nutrition had failed me, was it possible it was failing someone else? And underlying these questions,
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What's wrong with what...
Let me pose you a question. Can farm-raised salmon be organic, when its feed has nothing to do with its natural diet, even if the feed itself is supposedly organic, and the fish themselves are packed tightly in pens, swimming in their own filth?
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Are we sexual omnivores?...
characterized wherever they're found in the world by what anthropologists called fierce egalitarianism. They not only share things, they demand that things be meat, shelter, protection, all these things that were supposedly being traded to women
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Steven Pinker: Human...
and that there are places out there where, supposedly, everything is the opposite to the way it is here. But if you instead look at what is common to the world's cultures, you find that there is an enormously rich set of behaviors and emotions
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History vs. Sigmund...
claiming his treatment had cured patients when in fact they had gotten worse. Later therapists influenced by his theories coaxed their patients into "recovering" supposedly repressed memories of childhood abuse that never happened.
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Why modern renewable...
variable to produce much electricity reliably because we can't cheaply store huge amounts for when the Sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow that's a myth we do not need a storage breakthrough we do not need supposedly
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Toxic Waste in the...
Technology found that even after supposedly being treated the wastewater from the tannery still contains dangerously high levels of poisonous chemicals such as arsenic and Mercury apparently the water here comes out of
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What is abstract...
These Surrealists supposedly drew directly from the unconscious to reveal truths hidden within their minds. Occasionally, instead of picturing something and then drawing it, they let their hands move automatically
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
means sanctuary and supposedly there are almost these parallel universe that abide in certain places that if one's reached a level of self-actualization one can slip inside of them but without achieving that level would never even know that they exist so this is really the etymology of the
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
because I was supposedly born in the wrong body? But it's this type of structuring that has to be reframed in order to let love in. My body never betrayed me, and my body was never wrong. It's this restrictive, binary thinking on gender that said that I didn't exist.
Video examples
Peter Attia: What if...
with these three burning questions that wouldn't go How did this happen to me if I was supposedly doing everything right? If the conventional wisdom about nutrition had failed me, was it possible it was failing someone else? And underlying these questions,
Video examples
What's wrong with what...
Let me pose you a question. Can farm-raised salmon be organic, when its feed has nothing to do with its natural diet, even if the feed itself is supposedly organic, and the fish themselves are packed tightly in pens, swimming in their own filth?
Video examples
Are we sexual omnivores?...
characterized wherever they're found in the world by what anthropologists called fierce egalitarianism. They not only share things, they demand that things be meat, shelter, protection, all these things that were supposedly being traded to women
Video examples
Steven Pinker: Human...
and that there are places out there where, supposedly, everything is the opposite to the way it is here. But if you instead look at what is common to the world's cultures, you find that there is an enormously rich set of behaviors and emotions
Video examples
History vs. Sigmund...
claiming his treatment had cured patients when in fact they had gotten worse. Later therapists influenced by his theories coaxed their patients into "recovering" supposedly repressed memories of childhood abuse that never happened.
Video examples
Why modern renewable...
variable to produce much electricity reliably because we can't cheaply store huge amounts for when the Sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow that's a myth we do not need a storage breakthrough we do not need supposedly
Video examples
Toxic Waste in the...
Technology found that even after supposedly being treated the wastewater from the tannery still contains dangerously high levels of poisonous chemicals such as arsenic and Mercury apparently the water here comes out of
Video examples
What is abstract...
These Surrealists supposedly drew directly from the unconscious to reveal truths hidden within their minds. Occasionally, instead of picturing something and then drawing it, they let their hands move automatically
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Randy Moss
American Athlete
I am a little older and understand the nature of the business - the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted.
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Mark Bittman
American Author
Let me pose you a question. Can farm-raised salmon be organic when its feed has nothing to do with its natural diet, even if the feed itself is supposedly organic, and the fish themselves are packed tightly in pens, swimming in their own filth?
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Paul Watzlawick
Austrian Psychologist
In other words, what is supposedly found is an invention whose inventor is unaware of his act of invention, who considers it as something that exists independently of him; the invention then becomes the basis of his world view and actions.
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Joe Strummer
English Musician
Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control. And it didn't have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realized that you either became a power or you were crushed.
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Myles Kennedy
American Musician
I'm basically a happy person. I'm content with my life and my wife and my family. But you do reach a point where you start to question the absolutes that are supposedly out there, and you realize that there simply are no absolutes.
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John Sulston
British Scientist
The myth is that IP rights are as important as our rights in castles, cars, and corn oil. IP is supposedly intended to encourage inventors and the investment needed to bring their products to the clinic and marketplace.
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Jacky Rosen
American Politician
Israel is a country with a thriving free press and a nation known across the world for its support of women's and LGBT rights, not one that should face sanctions by a supposedly peace-loving world body.
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Richard Attenborough
English Actor
I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody's life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done.
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Richard Thaler
American Economist
Fortunately, economists open to new ways of thinking are finding novel ways to use supposedly irrelevant factors to make the world a better place.
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Yvette Mimieux
American Actress
I think we have to be very careful how we treat people, even when we are supposedly trying to help them.
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Randy Moss
American Athlete
I am a little older and understand the nature of the business - the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted.
Quote examples
Mark Bittman
American Author
Let me pose you a question. Can farm-raised salmon be organic when its feed has nothing to do with its natural diet, even if the feed itself is supposedly organic, and the fish themselves are packed tightly in pens, swimming in their own filth?
Quote examples
Paul Watzlawick
Austrian Psychologist
In other words, what is supposedly found is an invention whose inventor is unaware of his act of invention, who considers it as something that exists independently of him; the invention then becomes the basis of his world view and actions.
Quote examples
Joe Strummer
English Musician
Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control. And it didn't have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realized that you either became a power or you were crushed.
Quote examples
Myles Kennedy
American Musician
I'm basically a happy person. I'm content with my life and my wife and my family. But you do reach a point where you start to question the absolutes that are supposedly out there, and you realize that there simply are no absolutes.
Quote examples
John Sulston
British Scientist
The myth is that IP rights are as important as our rights in castles, cars, and corn oil. IP is supposedly intended to encourage inventors and the investment needed to bring their products to the clinic and marketplace.
Quote examples
Jacky Rosen
American Politician
Israel is a country with a thriving free press and a nation known across the world for its support of women's and LGBT rights, not one that should face sanctions by a supposedly peace-loving world body.
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Richard Attenborough
English Actor
I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody's life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done.
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Richard Thaler
American Economist
Fortunately, economists open to new ways of thinking are finding novel ways to use supposedly irrelevant factors to make the world a better place.
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Yvette Mimieux
American Actress
I think we have to be very careful how we treat people, even when we are supposedly trying to help them.
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