Grammatical class

Adverb

prétendument

allegedly (according to someone's allegation)

Details

Syllables

pré-ten-du-ment

Phonetics

pʁe.tɑ̃.dy.mɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

19642

Freq. (movies)

30713

Freq. (news)

20952

Sentences

Elle l'a prétendument tué.

She allegedly killed him.

A1

Bradford est prétendument la ville la plus laide de Grande-Bretagne.

Bradford is arguably the ugliest town in Britain.

A1

Elle l'a prétendument assassiné.

She allegedly murdered him.

A2

C'est prétendument un travail de recherche que ma secrétaire a conduit.

This is supposedly research which my secretary did.

B2

La méthode de l'injaculation rend prétendument possible aux hommes des orgasmes multiples.

The injaculation method allegedly enables men to have multiple orgasms.

C1