different between greatly vs reportedly

English

From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great +? -ly.

greatly (comparative greatlier or greater or more greatly, superlative greatliest or greatest or most greatly)

To a great extent or degree.
Synonyms: very, drastically
(archaic) Nobly; magnanimously.
- 1823, Catherine George Ward, The Cottage on the Cliff: A Sea-side Story (page 251)
  But all this our fisher, who was neither a poet, nor a dependent, did not know, so he concluded, that all who were truly great, were truly greatly minded, and noble in soul, as they were exalted by birth, and rich in splendour.

From reported +? -ly.

reportedly (not comparable)

According to reports or rumors; supposedly. [from 19th c.]
- 2011, "Building a new Libya", The Economist, 25 Feb 2011:
  Other opposition forces have reportedly pushed to Ajdabiya, west of Benghazi […]

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