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confessedly, adv.|kənˈfɛsɪdlɪ|
Also 7 confestly.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. By general admission or acknowledgement; admittedly.
1640Bp. Hall Episc. ii. §11. 146 [Ignatius] in all those confessedly-genuine Epistles, which he wrote. 1667Decay Chr. Piety (T.), That principle which is confestly predominant in our nature. 1772Junius Lett. lxviii. 337 The star chamber a court confessedly arbitrary. 1861Mill Utilit. v. 83 Rules of justice confessedly true. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) I. vi. 492 The letter is confessedly a forgery.
2. By personal confession, avowedly.
1777Sheridan Sch. Scand. i. i, The latter attached to Maria, and confessedly beloved by her. 1878H. H. Gibbs Ombre 20 His antagonists having confessedly bad hands there is more likelihood of there being a good set of cards in the stock. |