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Definition of Confessedly
1. Adverb. As acknowledged. "True, she is the smartest in her class"
Definition of Confessedly
1. adv. By confession; without denial.
Definition of Confessedly
1. Adverb. Admittedly. ¹
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Definition of Confessedly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confessedly
Literary usage of Confessedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Restraints on the Alienation of Property by John Chipman Gray (1895)
"further examination into the decisions of the State courts;" in other words, it
was not only a dictum, but confessedly an ill-considered dictum. ..."
2. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"Now, Mr. Chairman, confessedly the strength of the Republican party is in the
rural districts, the rural counties. confessedly the strength of the ..."
3. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1901)
"... chargeable on his property under the assessment.2 Therefore the plaintiff
cannot thus avoid his liability for that part which is confessedly valid, ..."
4. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"This right of capture is confessedly such a right as may be exercised within the
territory of the belligerent State, ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... the court held that the evidence, weak as it confessedly was, might be submitted
for the consideration of the jury. § 1860. It only remains to notice ..."
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