1) a word tacked on to the beginning, middle, or end of a group of words that emphasizes that fact that what you are saying may not be true.

2) a word used to get your point across about someone or something without sounding biggoted, bias, or harsh.

3) a way to spread gossip around while verbally citing that you heard it from a source that may not be a reliably truthful source.

*use the word allegedly. it's much safer and makes you look less suspicious.

A sarcastic name for singer and songwriter Dua Lipa

Something that might have taken place,but there is no proof to back up the claim.

Supposedly doing something like a scandal

When you do something embarrassing during a drug or alcohol fuelled runaway, all responsibility for such acts can be erased by simply saying 'allegedly' when talking about it afterwards.