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putatively
adverb
formaluk /ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv.li/ us /ˈpjuː.t̬ə.t̬ɪv.li/
generally thought or claimed to be a certain way, although it may not be: 想来
Complaints will be reviewed by a putatively independent panel.投诉将由想必是独立运作的委员会审查。
The film is a putatively heartwarming buddy comedy.
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His allies have been appointed to head the three putatively independent watchdog agencies.
The press is behaving putatively.
The Institute is the putatively nonpartisan research arm of a centrist commission.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Seeming and purporting to be
apparent
appear
appearance
as if/thoughidiom
by the look(s) of thingsidiom
come across
come off
formal
outward
outwardly
outwardness
parallax
pass
pass for sb/sth
semblance
superficial
superficiality
superficially
supposably
surface
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