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confessedly
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con·fess·ed·ly
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adverb
by confession or acknowledgment; admittedly.
Origin:
1630–40;
confess
+
-ed
2
+
-ly
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confessedly
(kənˈfɛsɪdlɪ)
—
adv
(
sentence modifier
) by admission or confession; avowedly
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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