Definition of Allegedly

1. Adverb. According to what has been alleged. "He was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife"

Partainyms: Alleged

Definition of Allegedly

1. Adverb. According to someone's allegation. ¹

2. Adverb. According to someone's conspicuous impressions (which could be ''alleged'' ensuingly). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allegedly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allegedly

alledged
alledges
alledging
allee
allees
allegation
allegations
allegator
allegators
allege
allegeable
allegeance
allegeaunce
alleged
alleged(a)
allegedly (current term)
allegement
allegements
alleger
allegers
alleges
allegge
allegged
allegges
allegging
alleghanyite
allegiance
allegiances
allegiant
allegiantly

Literary usage of Allegedly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History: Fiction of Science? by Anatoly T. Fomenko (2005)
"THE BIBLICAL BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY REFLECTED AS THE AVIGNON CAPTIVITY IN THE allegedly FRENCH AND ROMAN MEDIAEVAL CHRONICLES We shall proceed to give a brief ..."

2. Human Rights in Moldova: The Turbulent Dniester by Erika Dailey, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1993)
"Killings Committed allegedly by Supporters of the DMR One of the first of these allegedly politically motivated killings took place in March 1992.2 The ..."

3. History: Chronology 1: Second Edition by Anatoly Fomenko (2007)
"The allegedly accelerated destruction of the "ancient" monuments The archaeologists of the XX century have noticed a rather odd tendency. ..."

4. Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners by Robin Munro, Mickey Spiegel, Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) (1994)
"During the student demonstrations of May and June 1989, he allegedly wrote propaganda ... He also allegedly "conspired to distribute reactionary propaganda ..."

5. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"Azimov, a 34-year-old leader of the Birlik Democratic Movement, was arrested after police allegedly planted narcotics, bullets, and Hizb ut-Tahrir leaflets ..."

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