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单词 admittedly
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admittedlyad‧mit‧ted‧ly /ədˈmɪtɪdli/ ●○○ adverb [sentence adverb] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Admittedly I didn't get as much work done as I'd hoped this morning, but it should be finished soon.
  • Yes, I have studied Japanese - though not for long, admittedly.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But I graduated and took a job with a law firm in Worcester, admittedly through family connections.
  • But these were kept in a tall airy room, admittedly with a double door, in locked heavy glass cases.
  • He certainly helped to reshape a world whose future was admittedly hard to predict.
  • None of them have the time, admittedly, but most are also lacking the aptitude.
  • Not very funny admittedly - but true.
  • The other three people all run around screaming - quite fast, admittedly, but you would hardly call it scuttling.
  • Though admittedly I did feel a brief uneasiness when I remembered that odd floating movement of Sergia's.
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Longman Language Activatorwhat you say when you admit that something is true
say this when you admit that what someone has said is true, but you want to add something new or different that is also important: · Of course it's true that a lot of men like beer and football, but this doesn't mean that they all do. · It's true that there have been some very serious train accidents recently, but it's generally quite a safe way to travel.
· Admittedly I didn't get as much work done as I'd hoped this morning, but it should be finished soon. · Yes, I have studied Japanese - though not for long, admittedly.
used when you are admitting that something is true:  This has led to financial losses, though admittedly on a fairly small scale.
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