Professed or avowed but not genuine
ETYM Latin putativus, from putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. Related to Pure, Amputate, Compute, Dispute, Impute.
Commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; SYN. purported, reputed, supposed.
Supposed; reputed.
Supposedly, presumedly, assumedly