Arsenal “reportedly”. How often are those words used together?

By Tony Attwood In his post this morning Sir Hardly Anyone noted the word “reportedly” and the standard dictionary definition of the word as meaning “according to what some say (used to express the speaker’s belief that the information given is not necessarily true).” Immediately the discussion broke out: was the word used as much …

The seven players Arsenal are reportedly buying this summer

By Sir Hardly Anyone “Reportedly” is now the football journalists’ go-to word of choice.  The on-line dictionary provided by Google (which tends to be quite helpful on words that have achieved recent popularity) defines it as “according to what some say (used to express the speaker’s belief that the information given is not necessarily true)” …