professedly

Definitions

In a way that is stated or declared, often implying that the claim may not be true.

According to what is openly avowed or claimed.

Examples

He was professedly a man of peace, yet his actions often suggested otherwise.

The company is professedly committed to sustainability, though their recent manufacturing practices have raised concerns.

Synonyms

ostensibly allegedly avowedly nominally purportedly seemingly outwardly

Antonyms

genuinely actually truly really factually secretly implicitly