English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
alleged + -ly
Pronunciation[edit]
allegedly (not comparable)
- According to someone's allegation.
- The suspect was allegedly involved in the robbery, but his alibi placed him in another state at the time.
- According to someone's conspicuous impressions (which could subsequently be alleged).
- The game is allegedly exciting.
2008 November 13, Jason Whitlock, “The 10 best and 10 worst NFL coaches”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:Philip Rivers is allegedly having the best season of any quarterback in the league.
2009 February 20, “The Closer”, in New York Daily News[2], archived from the original on 22 February 2009:...her onscreen tears are allegedly real.
Usage notes[edit]
- This term is used in the media to avoid litigation when the facts are not 100% certain, or when referring to evidence in an ongoing trial.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
according to someone's allegation
- Belarusian: нібы́та (nibýta), ні́бы (níby), нібы́ (nibý), бы́ццам (býccam)
- Bikol Central: daa (bcl)
- Catalan: presumptament, suposadament (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 據稱/据称 (zh) (jùchēng)
- Czech: údajně (cs), prý (cs), prej (cs) (dialectal (Bohemia))
- Danish: angivelig (da)
- Dutch: vermoedelijk (nl)
- Finnish: (sentence usually constructed otherwise) väitetään, että... (it is alleged that...); väitetysti (anglicism)
- French: prétendument (fr)
- German: angeblich (de) (neutral), vermeintlich (de) (expressing doubt)
- Hebrew: לִכְאוֹרָה (he) (likh'orá)
- Hungarian: állítólag (hu), vélhetőleg (hu)
- Italian: presunto (it)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: angivelig (no), visstnok, formentlig, påstått
- Occitan: presomptuosament, presomptivament
- Polish: rzekomo (pl), przypuszczalnie (pl), podobno (pl), ponoć (pl)
- Portuguese: supostamente (pt)
- Russian: я́кобы (ru) (jákoby), бу́дто бы (búdto by)
- Slovak: vraj (sk)
- Spanish: supuestamente (es), dizque (es), presuntamente, pretendidamente
- Swedish: försäkrat (sv), påstått (sv), åberopat (sv)
- Tagalog: daw (tl)
- Turkish: iddiaya göre, sözde (tr)
- Ukrainian: ні́бито (níbyto), ні́би (níby), немо́вби (nemóvby), немо́вбито (nemóvbyto)
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