- (sentence modifier)
willingly conceded: admittedly I am afraid
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ad•mit•ted•ly
(ad mit′id lē),USA pronunciation adv.
- by acknowledgment;
by one's own admission;
confessedly:He was admittedly the one who had lost the documents.
- admitted + -ly 1795–1805
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