What does reportingly mean?
Reportingly means (obsolete, rare) By common report or rumour..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(obsolete, rare) By common report or rumour..
1911, C. E. Wheeler (translator), The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory, London: J.M. Dent, summary of Canto 8, p. 53, […] he receives the significant comment that ere six years are gone he shall know the worth of the Malaspini better than reportingly.
If thou dost love, my kindness shall incite thee To bind our loves up in a holy band; For others say thou dost deserve, and I Believe it better than reportingly.
If a man, having a genuine opinion on any matter (b), chooses, nevertheless, to state it as a fact, or, having information, expresses the subject of it, in Beatrice’s phrase, “better than reportingly,” he must take all the risks, and abide by all the consequences, attending a representation pure and simple.
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Reportingly means (obsolete, rare) By common report or rumour..
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1911, C. E. Wheeler (translator), The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory, London: J.M. Dent, summary of Canto 8, p. 53, […] he receives the significant comment that ere six years are gone he shall know the worth of the Malaspini better than reportingly.
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