admittedly
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4.3
- adverb
- /ədˈmɪtədli/
- I was late to the meeting, but admittedly, traffic was heavier than I expected.
- admittedly extreme
- admittedly partial
- admittedly an extreme case
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Watch on YouTubeSo it's, it's new technology, it's crazy technology, it's admittedly scary technology.
- So it's, it's new technology, it's crazy technology, it's admittedly scary technology.
- And I am someone who is admittedly not someone who tends to love traditional cardio.
- It was actually an entire field, admittedly a bit dormant these days, that's called information geometry.
- The Blender question is admittedly silly, but silly questions can yield profound answers and show us new things.
- So in two weeks of, you know, admittedly really bad sleep, you know, you're taking somebody halfway to diabetes.
- And you know, admittedly, I don't think you and I are the customers for the new Escalade necessarily.
- That's the the actual sound, although admittedly A dreadful version of of the great ACDC song Back in Black.
- which admittedly was a bit of a controversial location because it was right opposite the GPO building.
- Any sense of that from this admittedly busy reading?
Examples
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Before I met him, I was, admittedly, blue, or more accurately, depressed.
Fiction book (1994) -
And everything had gone wrong between us, and it was all my fault, admittedly.
Fiction book (2002) -
Thus far, we focused our attention on the admittedly more important problems getting our programs to work.
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OK, I admittedly have been using it quite a bit lately.
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However, it's taken longer than anticipated, and we found ourselves admittedly low on stores.
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Like the rest of us, he had to earn his living, which admittedly wasn't easy in times like these.
Fiction book (1997) -
At the same time, admittedly, the spectator is distracted.
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Admittedly, Viv and Bex were difficult to get close to.
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I have an admittedly insane idea, but if I don't ask you this, it's gonna haunt me the rest of my life.
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"The pattern is altered, admittedly, but only in terms of its elegance and ingenuity.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
541
2.3
To show you are telling the truth or how you really feel
292
3.2
To say something that is true even if it is surprising
170
2.2
Admitting a point that goes against what you said
133
3.9
To admit something is true before giving a different point
77
4.9
Admitting something is true before you say something else
1
7.7
In an open and clear way, as when someone says or admits something
1
8.1
As someone openly admits
1
7.3
Admitting that something is true
How Admitted
Surface Forms
Morphology
admittedly = admitted (transparent) = admit + ed + ly
Formed regularly by adding '-ly' to 'admitted' to make an adverb; the meaning 'as is acknowledged' is directly predictable.
Etymology
Admittedly comes from the verb admit ('to accept' or 'confess') plus the ending -ly, which makes it an adverb. So you use admittedly when you accept a fact or admit a point before you add another, often contrasting, idea.