professedly

[ pruh-fes-id-lee ]

adverb

1. allegedly; pretendedly:

   He is only professedly poor.

2. avowedly; by open declaration:

   She is professedly guilty of the crime.

Word History and Origins

Origin of professedly¹

First recorded in 1560–70; professed + -ly

Example Sentences

Then he went abroad, but though professedly hunting health he visited and inspected half the principal prisons in Europe.

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Pouncy published some etchings which, although not professedly views of Lambeth, were in reality studies in that locality.

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It kept rigidly and sternly aloof from all connection with professedly political parties.

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This enquiry respecting Ens is left by Plato professedly unsettled; according to his very frequent practice.

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This supposition is what most Platonic critics have in their minds, even when professedly modifying it.

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Related Words

• doubtless
• manifestly
• obviously
• officially
• ostensibly
• plainly
• seemingly
• undoubtedly