Used in a Sentence

putatively

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for putatively.

Editorial note

It amazes me how little people who putatively work in businesses on the Internet understand about Internet marketing.

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Quick take

In a putative manner; according to belief.

Meaning at a glance

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

adverb

In a putative manner; according to belief.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for putatively.

adverb

In a putative manner; according to belief.

Example sentences

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It amazes me how little people who putatively work in businesses on the Internet understand about Internet marketing.

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Let's see, Google purloins content, putatively in exchange for information provided to you at no cost as search results.

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This may possibly reflect some private humor on Linus Torvald's part, since Git is putatively the 'son of a Bit[ch]keeper'.

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A depressed person would putatively have an abnormal congruence between the magnitude of their internally generated brain states and external sensation.

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And what possible lapses or biases could had led you to such (putatively) unwarranted certainty?

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The work camps were powered by convicts, but also by putatively free exiles who had been sent there for a variety of reasons.

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I've worked for any number of shops that had quite putatively legitimate notification emails that they sent out regularly.

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And there's a fifth point as well: with a putatively comprehensive record, it's quite possible to either bluff or fabricate stories, with increased credibility.

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What about parallel construction, putatively started to help with terrorists but now usually used in drug investigations in order to sidestep civil rights safeguards?

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It's very frustrating for an announcement to be so putatively technical and yet provide so few answers; is there a deeper technical explanation of LXD somewhere?

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) tells us more about the Kindle and Western manufacturing than an article that putatively deals with both those subjects.

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Some people have managed to put out the necessary incentives, so such code does exist, but seeing a putatively great coder reach for Java as their first choice without such incentives is like seeing a putatively great coder reach first for Cobol...

Quote examples

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Some sweeteners and putatively indigestible molecules (sugar alcohols, "resistant starches," etc.) may contain more effective calories than in vitro studies predict them to contain.

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Latency for putatively "educational" games is often just awful.) On that note, if you are in the educational startup space, it behooves you to take a machine learning course.

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A lot of the other putatively "better" approaches are a great deal less powerful, again, because you don't own it, the "better" service does.

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But in any group, people will try to conform unconsciously - the stubbornness of Establishment scientists (putatively truth-seekers) is a well-known trope; even here, HackerNews has some cult-like qualities (the "pg cult").

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use putatively in a sentence?

It amazes me how little people who putatively work in businesses on the Internet understand about Internet marketing.

What does putatively mean?

In a putative manner; according to belief.

What part of speech is putatively?

putatively is commonly used as adverb.