You use *supposedly* to hand on what people say while keeping your distance from it. "He's supposedly the best cook in town." You are not saying he is; you are saying that is the story going around, and your tone usually adds *but I wonder*.

You你 use supposedly用supposedly to hand on轉述 what people say別人說的話， while keeping your distance from it同時跟這句話保持距離。 "He's supposedly the best cook in town."「他supposedly是鎮上最好的廚師。」 You你 are not saying he is不是在說他真的是， you你 are saying是在說 that is the story going around外面就是這樣傳的， and而且 your tone usually adds你的語氣通常還帶著 *but I wonder*「不過我是有點懷疑啦」。

It works like the adverb version of "they say that…" or "it's said that…", and it can sit at the front of the sentence, before the verb, or before an adjective.

It它 works like就像是 the adverb version of的副詞版本 "they say that…"「they say that…」 or或 "it's said that…"「it's said that…」， and而且 it它 can sit at可以放在 the front of the sentence句子最前面、 before the verb動詞前面、 or或 before an adjective形容詞前面。

Sometimes the doubt is heavy and sarcastic ("This supposedly waterproof jacket soaked me through"); sometimes it is light and simply careful, the way a polite person marks second-hand information they have not checked.

Sometimes有時候 the doubt這種懷疑 is heavy and sarcastic很重、很諷刺 ("This supposedly waterproof jacket soaked me through."「這件supposedly防水的外套把我整個淋濕了。」)； sometimes有時候 it它 is light and simply careful只是輕輕的、謹慎一點， the way就像 a polite person marks一個有禮貌的人標示 second-hand information they have not checked還沒查證過的二手消息一樣。

Compare its neighbours: *apparently* leans toward "from what I can see, this seems true"; *allegedly* is the formal news-and-court word for accusations; *supposedly* sits in the middle and is the one you'd use in everyday speech.

Compare its neighbours比較一下它的近義詞： apparently apparently leans toward比較偏向 "from what I can see, this seems true"「就我看來，這好像是真的」； allegedly allegedly is是 the formal news-and-court word for accusations新聞和法庭上用來講指控的正式用字； supposedly supposedly sits in the middle介於中間， and而且 is the one you'd use in everyday speech是你日常說話會用的那個。

Say it as four syllables — /səˈpəʊzɪdli/, with the -ed sounded.

Say it念這個字 as four syllables要念四個音節 —— /səˈpəʊzɪdli/ /səˈpəʊzɪdli/， with the -ed sounded中間的-ed要發音。