Difference between Supposedly and Purportedly

What is the difference between Supposedly and Purportedly?

Supposedly as an adverb is as a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people. while Purportedly as an adverb is supposedly, putatively or reputedly

Supposedly

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: As a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people.

Example sentence: The most important funder of the British Brexit campaign had odd Russian contacts. So did some cabinet ministers in Poland's supposedly anti-Russian, hard-right government, elected after a campaign marked by online disinformation in 2015.

Purportedly

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: supposedly, putatively or reputedly

We hope you now know whether to use Supposedly or Purportedly in your sentence.

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