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confessedly

[ kuhn-fes-id-lee ]

adverb

  1. by confession or acknowledgment; admittedly.


confessedly

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adverb

  1. sentence modifier by admission or confession; avowedly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of confessedly1

First recorded in 1630–40; confess + -ed 2 + -ly
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“There are riches on every page. When she resorts to speculation, as anyone writing on Shakespeare must, she does so confessedly.â€

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

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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.â€

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