putatively
adverb
formaluk/ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv.li/us/ˈpjuː.t̬ə.t̬ɪv.li/generallythoughtorclaimedto be acertainway,althoughit may not be:
Complaints will bereviewedby a putativelyindependentpanel.
Thefilmis a putativelyheartwarmingbuddycomedy.
See
putative
- Hisallieshave beenappointedtoheadthe three putativelyindependentwatchdogagencies.
- Thepressisbehavingputatively.
- TheInstituteis the putatively nonpartisanresearcharmof acentristcommission.
Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- appear
- as if/thoughidiom
- by the look(s) of thingsidiom
- come across
- come off
- outward
- outwardly
- parallax
- pass
- pass for sb/sth
- persona
- semblance
- so-called
- sound
- superficial
- superficiality
- superficially
- supposed
- surface