acknowledgedlyadv.
/əkˈnɒlᵻdʒᵻdli/, U.S. /əkˈnɑlədʒᵻdli/, /ækˈnɑlədʒᵻdli/ By general, or one's own, acknowledgement; admittedly, confessedly.
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the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement or recognition > [adverb]
acknowledgedly?1649
recognizedly1843
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adverb]
withouten wantrukea1225
without missa1275
dreadlessc1369
doubtlessc1386
certainlya1400
sadly?a1425
questionlessc1425
undoubtablyc1425
doubtlesslyc1440
unsoilablyc1445
undoubtablec1450
undoubteda1500
undoubtedly?a1500
infallibly1502
indefeasibly1540
undubitately1548
indubitatelya1552
undoubting1552
undoubtingly1552
indoubtedly1563
indoubtly1606
unquestionably1611
questionlessly1612
indubitably1624
undoubtfully1628
uncontrollably1629
irrefragably1635
ungainsayably1637
inquestionablya1641
indubiously1642
unquestionedly1644
incontrollably1646
incontrovertibly1646
indisputably1646
acknowledgedly?1649
inexpugnably1653
uncontrovertablya1658
undubitably1660
inconfutably1664
uncontrollably1676
irrefutably1681
uncontestedly1699
undisputably1707
uncontestably1709
incontestablya1711
uncontrovertibly1755
undisputedly1778
(and) no mistake1818
unchallengeably1827
without resort1827
undeniedly1837
unappealably1840
indubitativelya1853
irrecusably1862
uncontradictably1862
inescapably1881
unarguably1888
sho1893
sure1894
posilutely1914
hands down1936
?1649 H. Hammond Of Reasonableness Christian Relig. i. 65 This was probably the cause, acknowledgedly the forerunner of the Divels silence.
1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 95 Such as are acknowledegdly capable of being good judges.
1738 A. Campbell Let. to Lord Archbp. Canterbury 50 You are a Believer, a Christian, and acknowledgedly a learned Divine.
1791 R. Sadler Wanley Penson II. vii. 322 Odious as confinement acknowledgedly is.
1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 345 The historian's facts are true; the poet's are acknowledgedly fictitious.
1905 Mind 15 76 The misunderstanding of a friend's action is acknowledgedly due to our failure.
2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 15 June 2304/2 Acknowledgedly the system of domestic trade taxation in India..constitutes a major barrier to trade in the country.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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