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confessedly

[kuh n-fes-id-lee]
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adverb
  1. by confession or acknowledgment; admittedly.
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Origin of confessedly

First recorded in 1630–40; confess + -ed2 + -ly
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Examples from the Web for confessedly

Historical Examples

  • She was confessedly in league with a gang of adventurers upon a quest for treasure.

    The Inn at the Red Oak

    Latta Griswold

  • The barbarians were confessedly strangers to any such conception 102as that of a Will.

    Ancient Law

    Sir Henry James Sumner Maine

  • Confessedly from the people of each State, acting for themselves.

    The Long Roll

    Mary Johnston

  • All three were hanged, and all three confessedly were innocent.

  • Dr. Ryerson was confessedly a man of great intellectual resources.

    The Story of My Life

    Egerton Ryerson

British Dictionary definitions for confessedly

confessedly

adverb
  1. (sentence modifier) by admission or confession; avowedly
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