supposedly

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adv.据说；据信；据传
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allegedly,evidently,apparently,purportedly,theoretically

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1.	据信；据传；据说according to what is generally thought or believed but not known for certain

The novel is supposedly based on a true story.

据说这部小说取材于一个真实的故事。