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Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by petepete on Friday December 29, 2017 @10:41AM (#16029958)
I think supposably is a valid word and makes sense in this context.

The meaning overlaps a lot with supposedly, which is much more-commonly used, so it sounds a bit odd.

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Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by Walf on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:19PM (#16032417)
I hope that you, too are being sarcastic. The meaning doesn't overlap, it's the same word, mispronounced.
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Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by petepete on Sunday December 31, 2017 @04:14AM (#16039934)
No.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/supposably

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Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by bigal67 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @07:52AM (#16051561)
Supposably is a real word, but the meaning is different.

It is a synonym for "conceivable", whereas supposedly means: "according to what is accepted or believed to be true"

see: http://www.dictionary.com/e/supposedly-vs-supposably/

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