putatively

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpjutətɪvli/ UK /ˈpjuːtətɪvli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
by general assumption; supposedly

The document was putatively written by the founder.

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Synonyms

1 adv · by general assumption;... supposedly reputedly allegedly presumably ostensibly reportedly

Opposites

actually genuinely really

Word family

Related forms putativeimpute compute dispute

Etymology

From putative + -ly; putative from Late Latin putativus ('supposed'), from Latin putare ('to think, reckon, consider').

putativus Latin putare Latin *pewH- Proto-Indo-European

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# putatively

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈpjutətɪvli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpjuːtətɪvli/

## Meanings
1. by general assumption; supposedly

## Examples
- The document was putatively written by the founder.

## Synonyms
- supposedly
- reputedly
- allegedly
- presumably
- ostensibly
- reportedly

## Antonyms
- actually
- genuinely
- really

## Related Forms
- putative
- impute
- compute
- dispute

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: putativus
- Root: putare
- Root: *pewH-

## Etymology
From putative + -ly; putative from Late Latin putativus ('supposed'), from Latin putare ('to think, reckon, consider').

## AI Etymology
Putatively comes from putative + -ly; putative from Late Latin putativus ('supposed'), from Latin putare ('to think, reckon, consider'). The historical chain includes Latin putativus, Latin putare, and Proto-Indo-European *pewH-. The quoted older senses, "supposed" and "to think, reckon, consider", supply the semantic anchors for putatively. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word putatively carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adv, "by general assumption; supposedly". Related English forms include putative, impute, compute, and dispute. The result is a adv whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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