Used in a Sentence

allegedly

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for allegedly.

Editorial note

What happens behind the curtain is (allegedly) not relevant to the mental model we form to do our work.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

According to someone's allegation.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of allegedly gathered in one view.

adverb

According to someone's allegation.

adverb

According to someone's conspicuous impressions (which could subsequently be alleged).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for allegedly.

adverb

According to someone's allegation.

adverb

According to someone's conspicuous impressions (which could subsequently be alleged).

Example sentences

1

What happens behind the curtain is (allegedly) not relevant to the mental model we form to do our work.

2

Generally, one shouldn't present allegations as facts (use phrases such as 'allegedly'), but doing so is standard for criminal complaints.

3

Walc, an app that isn't even out yet close half a million allegedly.

4

And, allegedly, if you do it right, it can be very lucrative.

5

If there was a war, China should pick it's coastlines where it has anti-access/area denial weapons (allegedly) and opposing force would not risk their assets.

6

It does offer cloud but it's end to end encrypted (allegedly).

7

In comparison, the iPhone 3GS allegedly has BOM of $178.

8

It lasts for a while and then allegedly stops.

9

Even if you accept the fact that it's (allegedly) hand-made from the finest raw materials, the BOM and labour cost a negligible fraction of the consumer price.

10

I'm scared as hell that planes are allegedly hackable but researchers aren't really talking about it nor testing it properly because fear of lawsuits.

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It does not matter how protected the activity allegedly is; a giant embarrassment campaign run against your company, especially if in pursuit of a particularly feeble branch on the tree of political correctness, means you're out.

12

Thus, this represents only a narrow category of situations where one might inadvertently find himself faced with a claim by another party that negotiations they engaged in allegedly resulted in a legal partnership between them.

Quote examples

1

As it spread through the company, thousands of employees added their salaries and it allegedly revealed “not great things regarding pay.

2

There are some very strong ideas shared by developers about what users allegedly "want".

3

Welcome to the future, where a simple fact can be "bad history" if it allegedly encourages people to think politically incorrect thoughts.

4

It is weird because it is present in many "mundane" plants and in the human organism, allegedly released at the time of death.

Proper noun examples

1

Allegedly, this exploit makes it vulnerable from anywhere that the vehicle would have TMobile cell coverage.

2

Allegedly her mother would wake her up in the middle of the night and force her to grapple until she got an arm-bar.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use allegedly in a sentence?

What happens behind the curtain is (allegedly) not relevant to the mental model we form to do our work.

What does allegedly mean?

According to someone's allegation.

What part of speech is allegedly?

allegedly is commonly used as adverb.