confessedly

[kuhn-fes-id-lee]

adverb

1. by confession or acknowledgment; admittedly.

confessedly

/ kənˈfɛsɪdlɪ /

adverb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of confessedly¹

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

Example Sentences

“There are riches on every page. When she resorts to speculation, as anyone writing on Shakespeare must, she does so confessedly.”

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As one local newspaper editorial put it soon afterward, “Women are confessedly angels, and angels don’t vote.”

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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.

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

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Often forgotten, though, is that Mr. Strine said he was “confessedly torn about the correct outcome.”

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