admittedly
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of admittedly
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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We caught up with Sanders while she was in New York to promote her book and admittedly “overstimulated from all the horns,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, there are plenty of international actors working in American films and speaking fluent English, while Anglo viewers — admittedly, myself included — rarely bat an eye at this impressive skill.
From Salon
Rosta was admittedly more of a “Star Wars” person before this venture, but he says he understands having a deep connection to a franchise.
From Los Angeles Times
The Transportation Department kicked off the 2025 holiday travel season with an admittedly unenforceable civility campaign aimed at bringing back “courtesy and class to air travel.”
He couldn’t speak it, definitely couldn’t read it, and hadn’t, admittedly, done much digging on the particulars of the theater’s history with it at all.
From Literature
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