admittedly
[ad-mit-id-lee]
- by acknowledgment; by one's own admission; confessedly: He was admittedly the one who had lost the documents.
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Origin of admittedly
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Examples from the Web for admittedly
Contemporary Examples
But it is not actually as toxic as it seems (although, admittedly, it does seem pretty toxic).
This is admittedly a loaded question, but do you feel James Earl Ray really killed Martin Luther King Jr.?
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes HistoryMarlow Stern
December 15, 2014
Another recent example, which, admittedly, has its own problems, demonstrated the street harassment women receive daily.
Admittedly it would be called a stunt, but Obama needs something dramatic to rejuvenate his leadership.
Admittedly, the quality of alt cert programs varies quite a bit.
Historical Examples
Suffice it to record the fact that these relics are admittedly pre-Christian.
The Non-Christian CrossJohn Denham Parsons
It was admittedly too high-powered for England; you were across the county in about a minute.
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
He was admittedly a brave man, but, more than this, he had a great deal of sense.
The O'RuddyStephen Crane
Admittedly, Chinese painting is governed by distinctive ideas.
Chinese PaintersRaphael Petrucci
There could be no doubt that the affair was purely and admittedly a defensive one.
A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd'Moulavi Gergh Ali
admittedly
- (sentence modifier) willingly concededadmittedly I am afraid
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Word Origin and History for admittedly
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