admittedlyadv.
/ədˈmɪtᵻdli/, U.S. /ədˈmɪdᵻdli/ As is admitted or acknowledged; confessedly; esp. as the speaker or writer is willing to admit.
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the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [adverb]
allowablyc1443
allowedly1620
admittedly1771
concededly1835
acceptedly1854
1771 J. W. Baker Pract. Agric. Epitomized 27 A people, admittedly strangers to perfect cultivation..are left chiefly to their own discretion.
1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 318 Both these classes of revenue are admittedly progressive.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. i. 34 Many Acts of Parliament, admittedly rather wise.
1877 19th Cent. Mar. 151 The good which we admittedly have in the England of to-day.
1925 A. Kinnosuke Manchuria vii. 162 Admittedly, the Japanese are the champion bean-eaters of the world.
1960 K. Amis New Maps of Hell (1961) i. 17 The prehistory of science fiction..is admittedly as much British as American.
2008 Heritage Florida Jewish News 22 Feb. 4 a/1 Admittedly, the flippant choice of words was poorly conceived.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.1771