"allegedly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-allegedly.wav
Etymology: From alleged + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|alleged|ly}} alleged + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} allegedly (not comparable)
  1. According to someone's allegation. Tags: not-comparable Translations (according to someone's allegation): нібы́та (nibýta) (Belarusian), ні́бы (níby) (Belarusian), нібы́ (nibý) (Belarusian), бы́ццам (býccam) (Belarusian), daa (Bikol Central), presumptament (Catalan), suposadament (Catalan), 據稱 (Chinese Mandarin), 据称 (jùchēng) (Chinese Mandarin), údajně (Czech), prý (Czech), prej (alt: dialectal (Bohemia)) (Czech), angivelig (Danish), vermoedelijk (Dutch), väitetään (english: sentence usually constructed otherwise) (Finnish), että... (english: it is alleged that...) (Finnish), väitetysti (english: anglicism) (Finnish), prétendument (French), angeblich [gender-neutral] (German), vermeintlich (english: expressing doubt) (German), לִכְאוֹרָה (likh'orá) (Hebrew), állítólag (Hungarian), vélhetőleg (Hungarian), presunto (Italian), angivelig (Norwegian Bokmål), visstnok (Norwegian Bokmål), formentlig (Norwegian Bokmål), påstått (Norwegian Bokmål), presomptuosament (Occitan), presomptivament (Occitan), rzekomo (Polish), przypuszczalnie (Polish), podobno (Polish), ponoć (Polish), supostamente (Portuguese), я́кобы (jákoby) (Russian), бу́дто бы (búdto by) (Russian), vraj (Slovak), supuestamente (Spanish), dizque (Spanish), presuntamente (Spanish), pretendidamente (Spanish), alegadamente (Spanish), försäkrat (Swedish), påstått (Swedish), åberopat (Swedish), daw (Tagalog), iddiaya göre (Turkish), sözde (Turkish), ні́бито (níbyto) (Ukrainian), ні́би (níby) (Ukrainian), немо́вби (nemóvby) (Ukrainian), немо́вбито (nemóvbyto) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-allegedly-en-adv-x8sgZH1o Disambiguation of "according to someone's allegation": 71 29
  2. According to someone's conspicuous impressions (which could subsequently be alleged). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-allegedly-en-adv-TpDqGIZu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English hedges, English terms suffixed with -ly, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bikol Central translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English hedges: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Bikol Central translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: purportedly, supposedly

Alternative forms

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From alleged + -ly.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "allegedly (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The suspect was allegedly involved in the robbery, but his alibi placed him in another state at the time.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "According to someone's allegation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "According",
          "according"
        ],
        [
          "allegation",
          "allegation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The game is allegedly exciting.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 November 13, Jason Whitlock, “The 10 best and 10 worst NFL coaches”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
          "text": "Philip Rivers is allegedly having the best season of any quarterback in the league.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 February 20, “The Closer”, in New York Daily News, archived from the original on 2009-02-22:",
          "text": "...her onscreen tears are allegedly real.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "According to someone's conspicuous impressions (which could subsequently be alleged)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "According",
          "according"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "purportedly"
    },
    {
      "word": "supposedly"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nibýta",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "нібы́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "níby",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "ні́бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nibý",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "нібы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "býccam",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "бы́ццам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "daa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "presumptament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "suposadament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "據稱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jùchēng",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "据称"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "údajně"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "prý"
    },
    {
      "alt": "dialectal (Bohemia)",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "prej"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "angivelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "vermoedelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "sentence usually constructed otherwise",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "väitetään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "it is alleged that...",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "että..."
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "anglicism",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "väitetysti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "prétendument"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "tags": [
        "gender-neutral"
      ],
      "word": "angeblich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "expressing doubt",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "vermeintlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "likh'orá",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "לִכְאוֹרָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "állítólag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "vélhetőleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "presunto"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "angivelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "visstnok"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "formentlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "påstått"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "presomptuosament"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "presomptivament"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "rzekomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "przypuszczalnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "podobno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "ponoć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "supostamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jákoby",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "я́кобы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "búdto by",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "бу́дто бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "vraj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "supuestamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "dizque"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "presuntamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "pretendidamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "alegadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "försäkrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "påstått"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "åberopat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "daw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "iddiaya göre"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "sözde"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "níbyto",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "ні́бито"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "níby",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "ні́би"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nemóvby",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "немо́вби"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nemóvbyto",
      "sense": "according to someone's allegation",
      "word": "немо́вбито"
    }
  ],
  "word": "allegedly"
}

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