Could be
Purportedly and could be are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purportedly" instead an adverb phrase "Could be".
Purportedly
Purportedly adverb - Believed or reputed to be the case.
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Synonyms for Purportedly
Could be and purportedly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Could be" instead an adverb "Purportedly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- likely and could be
- likely and purportedly
- apparently and could be
- apparently and purportedly
- supposedly and could be
- supposedly and purportedly
- perceptibly and could be
- perceptibly and purportedly
- presumably and could be
- presumably and purportedly
- probably and could be
- probably and purportedly
- possibly and could be
- possibly and purportedly
Both terms in one sentence
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Or possibly it could be inspired by TV Tropes The Webcomic, a "webcomic" purportedly starring Trope-tan and being highly Troperiffic, with all the references to its nonexistence being concealed in spoiler tags.
Source: Poe's Law -
Alternatively, it could be the Peer to whom he was purportedly related.
Source: Creator / Gilbert and Sullivan - However, the designers failed to take into account what sort of buffs could be created with the best materials available (purportedly due to a glitched calculation in the game code), and, as a result, doctors were soon able to buff players' stats to superhuman levels for three hours at a time.
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Purportedly and Could be. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/could_be/purportedly
Could be & Purportedly. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/could_be/purportedly>.
Purportedly or Could be. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/could_be/purportedly.
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