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confessedly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /kənˈfɛsɪdli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English confessed Middle English -ly English -ly English confessedly From confessed + -ly.

Meanings

1. Admittedly; by one's own confession.
   • Confessedly, he is the handsomest man in his house.
2. (archaic) In a way that is generally acknowledged.
   • This attempt to confound the seven Epistles mentioned by Eusebius with the other confessedly spurious Epistles, as if they presented themselves to us with the same credentials, ignores all the important facts bearing on the question. 1889, Joseph Lightfoot, Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion":

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