Dictionary

putatively en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈpju.tə.tɪv.li/ (General-American)
• /ˈpjʉː.tə.tɪv.li/ (Australia)
• /ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English putative Middle English -ly English -ly English putatively From putative + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a putative manner; according to belief.
   • The following are the focus of research: in the Pyraloidea (Subobjective 1.1) Ategumia, Desmia, Diaphania, Eulepte, Herpetogramma, Omiodes, Patania; in the Gelechioidea (Subobjective 1.2) genera within and putatively near the Recurvaria-group (Gelechiinae: Litini); in the Noctuoidea (Subobjective 1.3) fern-feeding Argyrosticta in relation to Callopistria, boundaries and composition of the Eriopinae, and erebid litter moths (Herminiinae). 2021, United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY:
   • Near-synonyms: reportedly, reputedly, purportedly, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly
   • To construct a phylogenetic tree, molecular biologists compare the differences in nucleotide sequences of many isolates of putatively related organisms. 2011, Jacques Pepin, “The Source”, in The Origins of AIDS, 1st edition, →ISBN, page 22:
   • Whites who tried to live and work in West Africa, a climate putatively designed for blacks, died in droves [...] 2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Southern Discomfort”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 54:
   • Even the putatively innocuous whimsical shapes and designs of cakes and pastry, notably in Central Europe, retain to this day the phallic concept[.] 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:

Forms

Synonyms

purportedly · reputedly · possibly · plausibly · likely · ostensibly · rumoredly · reportedly · supposedly · probably · allegedly

Translations (5)

ru вероя́тно (according to belief) · ru предположи́тельно (according to belief) · de vermeintlich (according to belief) · de mutmaßlich (according to belief) · de vermutlich (according to belief)