confessedly
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of confessedly
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
For the behoof of such as are confessedly ignorant of this branch of heraldry, and are not too proud to learn, I subjoin the following particulars, gathered from various respectable authorities.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
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