Supposedly
[sə'pəʊzɪdlɪ] or [sə'pozɪdli]
Examples
- As is the custom upon Barsoom there were thirty-one, supposedly selected by lot from men of the noble class, for nobles were on trial. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In an air-tight or bo x-chamber he inhaled great quantities of the supposedly dangerous gas. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- All the advertisements were blacked out, supposedly to prevent communication in that way with the enemy. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It evidently matters to that supposedly inevitable progress whether men are aware of it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Why do basalts, whin stones, and other supposedly volcanic rocks differ so much in structure from lava? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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