REPORTEDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reportedly mean? 

• REPORTEDLY (adverb)
  The adverb REPORTEDLY has 1 sense:

1. according to reports or other information

  Familiarity information: REPORTEDLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPORTEDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

According to reports or other information

Context example:

she was reportedly his mistress for many years

Pertainym:

reported (made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account)

 Context examples 

Microsoft reportedly has released security patches for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.

(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)

On Wednesday, October 18, 2019, more than 100 members, reportedly, of the Northern Arapaho Tribe turned out to watch the release of ten buffalo for the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming in the western United States.

(Northern Arapaho Tribe welcomes buffalo herd in Wyoming, United States, Wikinews)

It can reportedly reach speeds up to 70 kilometers per hour and can travel 25 kilometers on one 10-minute charge.

(Driverless Bus-train Hybrid Runs on Virtual Painted Tracks, VOA)

The company is reportedly also in contact with Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles about the possibility of testing the truck on the state’s roads.

(Tesla to Test Self-driving Electric Trucks, VOA News)

Reportedly, at least two towns — including Makilala in the province of North Cotabato — declared a state of calamity following Wednesday's quake.

(Aftershocks increase death toll of magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Philippines, Wikinews)

This device was invented three years ago and could reportedly serve military assault or logistics purposes.

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)

With this, the Bhut Jolokia loses its status as the world's hottest chilli, left behind by, reportedly, Carolina Reaper of the US and the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion of Trinidad and Tobago.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)

Inventions that render the facilities more water-efficient, they reason, could have a profound impact on wastewater management, sustainable water use, and sanitation, possibly cutting the amount of water used to flush waste by, reportedly, a factor of two.

(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)

A team of researchers from China, Canada, the United States, and Australia published on Wednesday their discovery of an early fossilized baby snake, reportedly the oldest ever found, in a piece of amber in the middle of a sandstone deposit in Myanmar.

(Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar, Wikinews)