purportedly

adverb
🔊/pəˈpɔːtɪdli/
🔊/pərˈpɔːrtɪdli/
(formal)
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  1. used to say that something has been stated to have happened or to be true, but this might not be the case据称的;传言的
    • a letter purportedly written by Mozart一封据传是莫扎特的亲笔信