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admittedly

[ ad-mit-id-lee ]

adverb

  1. by acknowledgment; by one's own admission; confessedly:

    He was admittedly the one who had lost the documents.



admittedly

/ əˈɪɪɪ /

adverb

  1. sentence modifier willingly conceded

    admittedly I am afraid

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of admittedly1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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That spirit-crushing feeling of powerlessness is what director Nabulsi aims to fend off, admittedly through not always effective narrative means, but with emotional sincerity nonetheless.

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The attorney responded by email: "Is the government allowed to admittedly break the law if an individual is alleged to have broken the law?"

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I went for them at the start of the competition – admittedly because I wanted someone different to win it – and I am not going to change now.

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Chronological tracing may poke holes in this thesis, admittedly.

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Soderbergh was admittedly daunted but also enticed by the puzzle being presented.

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