putatively
adverb formal uk/ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv.li/ us/ˈpjuː.t̬ə.t̬ɪv.li/
想来
generally thought or claimed to be a certain way, although it may not be
Complaints will be reviewed by a putatively independent panel. 投诉将由想必是独立运作的委员会审查。
The film is a putatively heartwarming buddy comedy.
See: putative
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- His allies have been appointed to head the three putatively independent watchdog agencies.
- The press is behaving putatively.
- The Institute is the putatively nonpartisan research arm of a centrist commission.