reportedly

reportedly
[[t]rɪpɔ͟ː(r)tɪdli[/t]]
ADV: ADV with cl/group, ADV before v (vagueness)
If you say that something is reportedly true, you mean that someone has said that it is true, but you have no direct evidence of it. [FORMAL]

More than two hundred people have reportedly been killed in the past week's fighting...

Now Moscow has reportedly agreed that the sale can go ahead...

General Breymann had been shot dead, reportedly by one of his own men.

Syn:
apparently, allegedly

English dictionary. 2008.

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  • reportedly */*/ — UK [rɪˈpɔː(r)tɪdlɪ] / US [rɪˈpɔrtədlɪ] adverb used for showing that you are not certain that something you are reporting is true They have reportedly refused to consider his offer …   English dictionary

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