admittedly

[ad-mit-id-lee]

adverb

1. by acknowledgment; by one's own admission; confessedly.

   He was admittedly the one who had lost the documents.

admittedly

/ ədˈmɪtɪdlɪ /

adverb

1. (sentence modifier) willingly conceded

   admittedly I am afraid

Word History and Origins

Origin of admittedly¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

“For now, the available evidence — the stuff at the heart of good policy — does not indicate that the admittedly tragic stories of a few should shape how the silent majority of users interact with AI.”

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"At the very least, I expect England to have their second-best Ashes since 1990, which is, admittedly, an almost subterraneanly low bar. And I may reassess after 0.5 seconds of the series. Again."

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The end result of this collaboration would admittedly be some years away.

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Back in 2004, two senior figures departed - admittedly not on the same day, but on subsequent days.

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Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell took over offensive play calling duties from coordinator John Morton after three below-par games, admittedly against good defences.

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