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  1. Putatively is an adverb that means generally thought or claimed to be a certain way, although it may not be. Learn how to use it in sentences and see synonyms and translations.

  2. Putative is an adjective that means commonly accepted or supposed, or assumed to exist or to have existed. It often shows up in legal contexts, such as putative marriage or putative father.

  3. Putative is an adjective that means generally thought to be or to exist, even if this may not really be true. Learn how to use it in sentences and see synonyms and translations.

  4. Putatively means generally regarded as such or supposed, as in a foundling's putative parents. Find the origin, usage, and translations of putatively in various languages and dictionaries.

  5. putative. /ˈpjudədɪv/. /ˈpjutɪtɪv/. IPA guide. Other forms: putatively. You might be the putative leader of your lacrosse team, even if someone else holds the title of captain. Putative means to be known as something by reputation, or assumed to be something, or generally accepted.

  6. grammar denoting a mood of the verb in some languages used when the speaker does not have direct evidence of what he is asserting, but has inferred it on the basis of something else.

  7. adverb. Word origin. C15: from Late Latin putātīvus supposed, from Latin putāre to consider. putative in American English. (ˈpjutətɪv ) adjective. generally considered or deemed such; reputed. a putative ancestor. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms.