Usually means: Assumed to be, but unconfirmed.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word putatively:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. putatively: Merriam-Webster
  2. putatively: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. putatively: Collins English Dictionary
  4. putatively: Vocabulary.com
  5. putatively: Wordnik
  6. putatively: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. putatively: Wiktionary
  8. putatively: Dictionary.com
  9. putatively: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. putatively: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. putatively: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (putatively)

▸ adverb:  According to belief.

Similar:
supposedly, reputedly, supposably, purportedly, reportedly, supposingly, assertedly, supposively, surmisedly, presupposedly, more...

Opposite:
actually, truly, really, factually, genuinely

Types:
allegedly, supposedly, presumably, ostensibly, more...

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Similar:
supposedly, reputedly, supposably, purportedly, reportedly, supposingly, assertedly, supposively, surmisedly, presupposedly, more...

Opposite:
actually, truly, really, factually, genuinely

Types:
allegedly, supposedly, presumably, ostensibly, more...



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