[1630–40; confess + -ed2 + -ly]This word is first recorded in the period 1630–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: amphibian, ejector, graphic, integrate, platoon-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: frosted, integrated, registered, sheltered, truncated; -ly is a suffix forming adverbs from adjectives. Other words that use the affix -ly include: deeply, elliptically, residually
Examples of 'confessedly' in a sentence
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For, in truth, every one of the three builds upon rules of justice confessedly true.
John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism (1879). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)