Adjective : He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed.    From Dictionary.com. 

The ongoing stories offer an “illusion of change,” a phrase apocryphally attributed to Stan Lee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference

What's that statement apocryphally attributed to Twain?.    From Wordnik.com.  ["My hollow shell gives you the finger."] Reference

Lilith, Adam's first wife apocryphally, embraces the snake, and makes him her own.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference

Also: the title, which specifically, and apocryphally, references the temperature at which paper burns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jason Linkins: Bradbury Adds New Heat to Fahrenheit Discussion] Reference

I've read, perhaps apocryphally, that SNL have sent out notices that they do not need more Palin skit ideas.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Many people will express sympathy, but you don’t want or need that, because Trig will be a joy."] Reference

Xee: I heard possibly apocryphally that Churchill delighted in that barely-sublimated rudeness involved, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Contributing factors to the popularity of the “Peace” sign in Japanese photography] Reference

She later blamed the dip for an eye infection that is apocryphally said to have plagued her for the rest of her life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resist the Urge] Reference

"There were seven Democrats in Hinsdale County," the judge apocryphally said to Mr. Packer, "and you ate five of them.".    From Wordnik.com.  [How the West Will Be Won] Reference

Contact you dream? you listen? spoken word? a.e. stallings | triolet on a line apocryphally attributed to martin luther.    From Wordnik.com.  [a.e. stallings | triolet on a line apocryphally attributed to martin luther « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference

Wittgenstein supposedly, and doubtless apocryphally, once discussed the matter of the geocentric model of the solar system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

E pur si muove, as Galileo is apocryphally supposed to have said in the face of Cardinal Bellarmine's certainties: "And yet it moves.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference

Bill Gates is apocryphally close to having his license taken away because he is known to speed in his well-known sports cars in Redmond.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contrition | Mind on Fire] Reference

As in your guests' bladders, after the halftime rush to the toilet apocryphally known as the "Super Bowl flush" causes your home's plumbing system to fail.    From Wordnik.com.  [The top 5 Super Bowl party fouls] Reference

Former President Bill Clinton apocryphally defended McDonald's as a nutritious choice, explaining, "You know, they have chicken sandwiches, they have salads.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Skinner's New-Age 'Experience' Pays Off For McD's] Reference

As an unfavorite former Senator from my home state of Illinois apocryphally said, "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Paula Gordon: When Will We Ever Learn?*] Reference

Though he was apocryphally reported to have said, on examining a daguerreotype, "From today painting is dead," he was actually more enthusiastic, suggesting that this new technique would be a boon to artists.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes:] Reference

"Slick" Willie Sutton was (probably apocryphally) asked why he robbed banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crikey » Canberra Calling] Reference

Famously, if apocryphally, Henry Kissinger said he did not know who to call if calling.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

« donald hall | an old life a.e. stallings | triolet on a line apocryphally attributed to martin luther ».    From Wordnik.com.  [dorothy terry | barn silo and john gun « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference

When someone says "attributed", they typically mean that someone is given credit for an idea somewhat apocryphally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Gretzky said good-naturedly - apocryphally - that he thought to himself, "I'm never taking the puck from him again.".    From Wordnik.com.  [small dead animals] Reference

As a senator once said, apocryphally perhaps, "a billion here and a billion there, pretty soon you're talking about real money.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Like Franklin Roosevelt famously (and perhaps apocryphally) said, perhaps Obama is waiting for us to pressure him to "Make me do it.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CommonDreams.org Headlines] Reference

I had lost my luggage, been impolitely rushed around Europe by visa regulations and droll bureaucrats and rather apocryphally, the dark forces of hunger lay siege within me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mutiny.in] Reference

He famously, but perhaps apocryphally, replied, ’Why sir, there is every probability you will be able to tax it’.    From Wordnik.com.  [History and Impact « Beki's Blog (there's an original name)] Reference

(apocryphally) would have liked to.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Theory of Ice] Reference