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confessedly

American  
[kuhn-fes-id-lee] / kənˈfɛs ɪd li /

adverb

  1. by confession or acknowledgment; admittedly.


confessedly British  
/ kənˈfɛsɪdlɪ /

adverb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of confessedly

First recorded in 1630–40; confess + -ed 2 + -ly

Example Sentences

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Even though I’m confessedly anti-multi, I imagine I would have been delightedly thrown for a loop in the moment, seeing those worlds collide.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021

I listened to the audio edition read by the author, whose British accent and breathless, revelatory storytelling style are confessedly compelling.

From Scientific American • Jun. 12, 2017

At times these confessedly selfish and self-involved folks seem to be working up material for a self-help book called “He’s Just Not That Into Thee.”

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2010

John Diefenbaker is proudly and confessedly a nationalist, in a nation whose oldtimers can recall when annexation by the U.S. was still a live political issue.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is confessedly the best builder in all South Wales—a practical builder, not a mere architect.

From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Banks, Mrs. G. Linnaeus

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