reputedly

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /rɪˈpjutɪdli/ UK /rɪˈpjuːtɪdli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
according to general belief; supposedly

The manor is reputedly haunted by a grey lady.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · according to general... supposedly allegedly ostensiblypurportedlyseemingly

Word family

Related forms repute reputed reputation

Etymology

From reputed + -ly; repute from Latin reputare ('to count over, reckon'), from re- ('again') + putare ('to reckon, think').

reputare Latin putare Latin

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# reputedly

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

## Meanings
1. according to general belief; supposedly

## Examples
- The manor is reputedly haunted by a grey lady.

## Synonyms
- supposedly
- allegedly
- ostensibly
- purportedly
- seemingly

## Related Forms
- repute
- reputed
- reputation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: reputare
- Root: putare

## Etymology
From reputed + -ly; repute from Latin reputare ('to count over, reckon'), from re- ('again') + putare ('to reckon, think').

## AI Etymology
Reputedly comes from reputed + -ly; repute from Latin reputare ('to count over, reckon'), from re- ('again') + putare ('to reckon, think'). The historical chain includes Latin reputare and Latin putare. The quoted older senses, "to count over, reckon", "again", and "to reckon, think", supply the semantic anchors for reputedly. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, and borrowed: the word reputedly carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adv, "according to general belief; supposedly". Related English forms include repute, reputed, and reputation. 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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