confessedlyadv.
/kənˈfɛsɪdli/ 1. By general admission or acknowledgement; admittedly.
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the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > [adverb]
expressly1393
professedly1569
grantedlya1638
confessedly1640
declaredly1645
professly1652
avowedly1656
confessinglya1658
1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. §11. 146 [Ignatius] in all those confessedly-genuine Epistles, which he wrote.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety i. 9 That Principle which is confestly Predominant in our Nature.
1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 314 The Star-chamber, a court confessedly arbitrary.
1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism v. 83 Rules of justice confessedly true.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 548 The letter is confessedly a forgery.
2. By personal confession, avowedly.
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1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal i. i. 2 The latter attached to Maria,..and confessedly admired by her.
1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 20 His antagonists having confessedly bad hands there is more likelihood of there being a good set of cards in the stock.
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