Usually means: Claimed to be true, unproven.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word allegedly:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. allegedly: Merriam-Webster
  2. allegedly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. allegedly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. allegedly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Allegedly, allegedly: Wordnik
  6. allegedly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. allegedly: Wiktionary
  8. allegedly: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. allegedly: Dictionary.com
  10. allegedly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Allegedly (Kathy Griffin special), Allegedly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. allegedly: Rhymezone
  13. allegedly: FreeDictionary.org
  14. allegedly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. allegedly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. allegedly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. allegedly: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. allegedly: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. allegedly: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See alleged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adverb:  According to someone's allegation.
adverb:  According to someone's conspicuous impressions (which could subsequently be alleged).

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