It appears
Supposedly and it appears are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Supposedly" instead an adverb phrase "It appears".
Supposedly
Supposedly adverb - Believed or reputed to be the case.
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Synonyms for Supposedly
It appears and supposedly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "It appears" instead an adverb "Supposedly".
Nearby Word: supposed
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- apparently and it appears
- apparently and supposedly
- ostensibly and it appears
- ostensibly and supposedly
- evidently and it appears
- evidently and supposedly
- outwardly and it appears
- outwardly and supposedly
- seemingly and it appears
- seemingly and supposedly
- allegedly and it appears
- allegedly and supposedly
- on the face of it and it appears
- on the face of it and supposedly
Both terms in one sentence
- Interestingly, in Stars it appears that the selves can meet, if one of them is (supposedly) from an alternate distant future and in disguise. Possibly.
Source: Never the Selves Shall Meet -
The map supposedly reveals where to find the treasure of infamous pirate One-Eyed Willie — and it appears to lead somewhere underneath Astoria.
Source: Film / The Goonies -
Another In-Universe example tips the group off that all is not what it appears with Namatame supposedly being the serial killer.
Source: Video Game / Persona 4
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