confessedly

[ kuhn-fes-id-lee ]

/ kənˈfɛs ɪd li /

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adverb

by confession or acknowledgment; admittedly.

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Origin of confessedly

First recorded in 1630–40; confess + -ed² + -ly

Words nearby confessedly

conferree, conferring, conferva, confess, confessant, confessedly, confession, confessional, confessionalism, confessionalist, confessional television

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How to use confessedly in a sentence

From these have descended the high-bred, silken-fleeced Saxons, whose wool stands confessedly without a rival.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
In America we agree to this; and yet, confessedly, as a practical result we have not generally attained the end proposed.
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions|George S. Boutwell
Confessedly it is an outline; but I do not think that any vital element in the matter has been overlooked.
Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews|Handley C.G. Moule
The hero of The Odyssey was, self-confessedly, no tyro, but was himself “in artifice well framed and in imposture various”.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley

For a while we made the old sham things, which pretended to be useful things and were worse than the confessedly useless things.
A Traveler from Altruria: Romance|William Dean Howells

British Dictionary definitions for confessedly

confessedly

/ (kənˈfɛsɪdlɪ) /

adverb

(sentence modifier) by admission or confession; avowedly

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