confessed
adjective
openly admitted; declared to be true.
self-confessedly
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a word derived from
confessed.
Example Sentences
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The director is, self-confessedly, prone to living above his means.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2016
It’s self-confessedly fake; that is the nature of the form, which is about people who don’t exist and events that didn’t happen.
From Time ● Sep. 14, 2016
John Wright After his retirement in 1993, Wright worked in sales for around two years - self-confessedly without great success.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2011
Which he doesn't mind, as he is self-confessedly vain, but which he does mind, because he's vain.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2010
It is, therefore, self-confessedly full of doubts, errors and confusion; in short, empirical—and necessarily, a failure.
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr
