admittedly

[ad-mit-id-lee]

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adverb

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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Related Words

easily certainly absolutely indeed well actually unquestionably surely literally honestly truly undoubtedly genuinely legitimately inevitably assuredly plainly evidently definitely clearly

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).
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Jay Michaelson
December 20, 2014
This is admittedly a loaded question, but do you feel James Earl Ray really killed Martin Luther King Jr.?
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December 15, 2014
Another recent example, which, admittedly, has its own problems, demonstrated the street harassment women receive daily.
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Tauriq Moosa
November 5, 2014
Admittedly it would be called a stunt, but Obama needs something dramatic to rejuvenate his leadership.
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Eleanor Clift
November 4, 2014
Admittedly, the quality of alt cert programs varies quite a bit.
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Conor P. Williams
September 24, 2014

Historical Examples

Suffice it to record the fact that these relics are admittedly pre-Christian.
The Non-Christian Cross
John Denham Parsons
It was admittedly too high-powered for England; you were across the county in about a minute.
Love and Lucy
Maurice Henry Hewlett
He was admittedly a brave man, but, more than this, he had a great deal of sense.
The O'Ruddy
Stephen Crane
Admittedly, Chinese painting is governed by distinctive ideas.
Chinese Painters
Raphael 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

British Dictionary definitions for admittedly

admittedly

adverb

(sentence modifier) willingly concededadmittedly I am afraid

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Word Origin and History for admittedly

adv.

1780, from past participle of admit + -ly (2).

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