putatively

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pu•ta•tive /ˈpyutətɪv/   adj. 

1. commonly thought of as such:
   a putative mobster.

See -pute-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

pu•ta•tive  (pyo̅o̅′tə tiv), adj. 

1. commonly regarded as such;
   reputed;
   supposed:
   the putative boss of the mob.

• Late Latin putātīvus reputed, equivalent. to putāt(us) (past participle of putāre to think, consider, reckon, origin, originally to clean, prune) + -īvus -ive
• late Middle English 1400–50

pu′ta•tive•ly, adv.