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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.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of professedly1

First recorded in 1560–70; professed + -ly
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Before founding Circle of Hope in 2006, Boyd Householder worked at nearby Agapé Boarding School, another professedly Christian institution serving parents at wit’s end.

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Russia plays a part: Call it irony, or call it hypocrisy, but activists so professedly dedicated to putting their country first are more than happy to take money from Moscow.

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The resolution would irresponsibly ratify every presidential use of force professedly justified by the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force — even those classified and unknown to Congress and the American people.

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At present, experience with state regulation of Internet gambling within their borders does not corroborate the evils the Republican quartet professedly fear.

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Be wary whenever a federal agency issues a professedly benign regulation.

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