admittedly
/ədˈmɪtɪdli
/adverb [sentence adverb]
Used to express a concession or recognition that something is the case: admittedly, the salary was not wonderful...
- I retain a certain fondness for him that is admittedly entirely unwarranted.
- Sylvia Plath wrote about love, though admittedly not in the lightest or happiest manner.
- The flurry of inputs, some of which admittedly do not have much substance should not be dismissed.