Vocabulary
Allegedly
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
used to convey that something is claimed to be the case or have taken place, although there is no proof.
Urdu meaning
مبینہ طور پر، الزاماً
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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At the time of writing, Iran had not made a decision about attending, citing mistrust of the US, and violations of the ceasefire allegedly committed by America.
Dawn Editorials —
Delicate moment
— 2026-04-21
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This drastic action has had a `chilling effect on civil society` as rightly reported by this paper; the allegedly 10 criminal complaints since 2022 against the couple smack of venom by the deep state.
Dawn Editorials —
A call to conscience
— 2026-04-10
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The foreigners allegedly paid to hunt humans.Women and children had the highest value tags, reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Dawn Editorials —
Betting abattoirs
— 2026-03-14
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Instead, she was lured to a nearby workshop by a man, where he and his accomplice held her at gunpoint and allegedly raped her.
Dawn Editorials —
ARCCs in crisis
— 2026-03-09
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That seven men, most of them white, some with criminal histories, would allegedly conspire to attack two foreign dissidents without any apparent personal grievance or material gain defies an easy explanation.
Dawn Editorials —
Critics` views
— 2026-02-09
Synonyms
reportedly, supposedly, reputedly, purportedly, ostensibly, apparently, by all accounts,
Antonyms
implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incredibly
Curator example
“he was allegedly a leading participant in the coup attempt”
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