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Definition of Admittedly
1. Adverb. As acknowledged. "True, she is the smartest in her class"
Definition of Admittedly
1. Adverb. As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Admittedly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Admittedly
Literary usage of Admittedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"... admittedly due, is valid consideration. Not infrequently though a claim is
... and the payment of the amount admittedly due will support a promise to ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"government, admittedly have belonged to taxation which, from the foundation of
the by its laws,—such, for instance, as the pro- thei Under our ..."
3. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"... I CHAUCER'S LIFE AND POEMS Life — Probably spurious Tales—Olher questioned
work — The arguments for and against it — Admittedly genuine work — The three ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The ex- •-M is given as about 4200000 square miles, and a late estimate of the
population (admittedly very uncertain) is ..."
5. The Lombard Communes: A History of the Republics of North Italy by William Francis Thomas Butler (1906)
"... admittedly a part of the dominions of the Church ; but for centuries the Popes
had had no authority over the Commune. From Bologna the legate extended ..."
6. Lectures on the Ethics of T.H. Green, Mr. Herbert Spencer, and J. Martineau by Henry Sidgwick (1902)
"... objection to Perfection (or complete realisation of capabilities) as end—namely,
that it is an end admittedly not attained in this mundane sphere. ..."
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