Definition of "purportedly"

purportedly

/pə(ɹ)ˈpɔː(ɹ).təd.li/

adverb
not comparable
1. As appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).
  Quotations
  In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English.
  2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120