Adverb : a reputedly honest man. From Dictionary.com.
Removing it via the means you suggest is reputed to be equally destructive and (again reputedly) not truly restorative. From Wordnik.com. [Sentiment Analysis for Internet Explorer; Comparing to Firefox] Reference
"Sorry Murdo, but if what 'reputedly' happened in the tunnel had happened in the street, the police would have brought ch ...". From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Record - Home] Reference
It's also reputedly therapeutic for the respiratory tract. From Wordnik.com. [Savoie the Fair] Reference
Her father had reputedly been a brilliant profiler in his day. From Wordnik.com. [The Killing Hour]
He was reputedly the Belfast brigade commander of the Real IRA. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2001] Reference
Arabella could not imagine an animal that was reputedly so large. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
Such as the messenger he reputedly once fired for presuming to step aboard. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Says, 'Out!'] Reference
This is true of gymnastics even when practised by reputedly healthy people. From Wordnik.com. [Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration] Reference
She would do well to remember that he reputedly never made an uncalculated move. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress for a Weekend]
He is reputedly a strong supporter of the hard-line principles of the 1979 revolution. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2005] Reference
Saddam has reputedly authorized his field commanders to use CBW against American invaders. From Wordnik.com. [Boots, Bytes And Bombs] Reference
So this was her mother's secretary of state, reputedly the most intelligent man in Scotland. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Mr. Su á rez, who reputedly joined the guerrillas at age 12, had a reputation for brutality. From Wordnik.com. [Colombia Kills Guerrilla Chief] Reference
He was not a man to be easily beguiled, but one who was reputedly ambitious and single-minded. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Though to the gangsman all things were reputedly lawful, some things were by no means expedient. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
The title character in "Suttree" (1979), a reputedly autobiographical novel, lives on a houseboat. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Lion In The Desert] Reference
And those words stuck in her mind, the words by which he had reputedly described her to a stablehand. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
It must have been a far-flung romance, for the Craigs reputedly came from up in the Wind River district. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
He's routinely seen at stage shows or films, and he reputedly likes to shop off the rack for his own suits. From Wordnik.com. [Looks Are Everything] Reference
The sessions for these LPs, which are adapted from unrecorded Woody Guthrie lyrics, were reputedly difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Billy Bragg to record album with Rosanne Cash] Reference
Let's just say that someone reputedly very much like this really exists -- and wouldn't be entirely flattered. From Wordnik.com. [Coast To Coast] Reference
Seventy-one-year-old James Seale, reputedly a former Klu Klux Klansman, was arrested on federal kidnapping charges. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2007] Reference
Albizu Campos reputedly tapped Ms. Lebron to lead the siege against Congress as a last-ditch effort for independence. From Wordnik.com. [Lolita Lebron, jailed for gun attack at U.S. Capitol in 1954, dies at 90] Reference
On the 19th of January, Massachusetts, reputedly the most liberal state in America, fired a shot heard round the world. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Ferguson: 1, 2, 3, Many Tea Parties?: What the Massachusetts Senate Race May Say About the Fall Elections] Reference
The Fountain of Youth so legend tells us is a spring that reputedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks of its waters. From Wordnik.com. [Kristen Houghton: Happiness in a Relationship Creates a Fountain of Youth] Reference
The indictment of James Seale, 71 years old, a white man, reputedly a former member of the KKK, also a former sheriff's deputy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2007] Reference
Cheney is a long-practiced and reputedly sophisticated consumer of intelligence, by most accounts not easily fooled or panicked. From Wordnik.com. [Why is This Man Gloomy?] Reference
The baron and baroness were ready, apparently, and the baroness was reputedly pacing her room in dire anxiety lest they be late. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing with Clara]
She was the daughter of an untitled gentleman of impeccable lineage and comfortable fortune; he was titled and reputedly very wealthy. From Wordnik.com. [An Unacceptable Offer]
Mrs. Hamilton, whose pension application and accompanying statement were made in 1858, lived within one mile of the reputedly historic elm. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography] Reference
She wanted to see the new girl because she was reputedly sure that he was in bed with everyone he worked with, which couldn't have been further from the truth. From Wordnik.com. [A Fine Romance] Reference
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