reputably = "reputedly"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Cf. "supposably":

  1991 Joel Achenbach _Why Things Are_ (N.Y.: Ballantine) 280: Why did he like the fruitcake so much? Possibly because Claxton makes a fine fruitcake, reputably the best.

  Well over a thousand raw Googlits for "reputably the best." but less than a dozen for "reputably the worst."  Over a thousand for "reputably the first."

  JL




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