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adverbbelieved or reputed to be the case
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- lawrence Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
- palatine the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
- piltdown hoax a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
- black bee dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin
- st. lawrence Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
- diaper rash dermatitis of the thighs and buttocks of infants; supposedly caused by ammonia in the urine in the child's diapers
- german bee dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin
- piltdown man a supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax
- brer rabbit the fictional character of a rabbit who appeared in tales supposedly told by Uncle Remus and first published in 1880
- adonic a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis