confessedly

American  

[kuhn-fes-id-lee] / kənˈfɛs ɪd li /

adverb

1. by confession or acknowledgment; admittedly.

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confessedly British  

/ kənˈfɛsɪdlɪ /

adverb

1. (sentence modifier) by admission or confession; avowedly

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Etymology

Origin of confessedly

First recorded in 1630–40; confess + -ed ² + -ly

Example Sentences

Even though I’m confessedly anti-multi, I imagine I would have been delightedly thrown for a loop in the moment, seeing those worlds collide.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021

I listened to the audio edition read by the author, whose British accent and breathless, revelatory storytelling style are confessedly compelling.

From Scientific American • Jun. 12, 2017

At times these confessedly selfish and self-involved folks seem to be working up material for a self-help book called “He’s Just Not That Into Thee.”

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2010

Would it weaken any army to remove those who are confessedly guilty of weakening the faith of the army in itself?

From Time Magazine Archive

Only two of the “five old uncials” are complete documents, B and א: and these being confessedly derived from one and the same exemplar, cannot be regarded as two.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William