vagueness If you say that something is reputed to be true, you mean that people say it is true, but you do not know if it is definitely true. The monster, which is reputed to live in the deep dark water of a Scottish loch + reputedly re·put·ed·ly He reputedly earns two million pounds a year. according to what some people say, but not definitely be reputed to be/do sth (repute , from réputer, from reputare , from putare )
commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the supposed date of birth"