avowedly

Examples

• All

• How much could an avowedly Protestant, gently missionary organization contribute to nationals of a predominantly Catholic country?

  Academic text (1990)

• The American system is based on an avowedly pessimistic conception of human nature, assuming that people cannot be trusted with power.

  Academic text (1997)

• Where, however, a tax is avowedly laid for a private purpose, it is illegal and void.

  Academic text (1997)

• Silence will not be tolerated; we must place ourselves avowedly with them.

  Academic text (2001)

• Yet Catholics have not benefited from this avowedly Catholic republic.

  Academic text (1995)

• The creation of an avowedly Islamic state in Pakistan caused especially profound problems for India's engagement with the Middle East.

  Academic text (2006)

• Certainly, it is a work that recognizes the centrality of Judaism to Western culture even within its most avowedly classical and Christian contexts.

  Academic text (2012)

• The new unrest, avowedly religious, stemmed from the austerity that came to Saudi Arabia after Desert Storm.

  Academic text (2001)

• The commissioners were unmoved by thoughts of national grandeur; their motive was avowedly commercial and utilitarian (1964, 8).

  Academic text (2011)

• She is avowedly committed to environmental sustainability, clearly expressing her dedication to the cause.

Synonyms

O

openly

vsavowedly

303 1.6

To say or do things without hiding feelings

is an acknowledged admission accepting something rather than mere visibility

A

admittedly

vsavowedly

97 4.3

Saying that something is true before you say something different

is a straightforward open admission not just a discourse concession

O

overtly

vsavowedly

36 3.7

In an open and public way

is an explicit open admission not only a visible action

P

professedly

vsavowedly

7.7

Openly claiming something that may not be true

is an honest open admission rather than a possibly insincere claim

S

statedly

vsavowedly

• Formal

8.1

Said or claimed in an official way

is a personal open admission rather than a formal declaration

C

concededly

vsavowedly

• Formal

7.3

Admitting that something is true

is a public open admission rather than a private concession

C

confessedly

vsavowedly

8.1

As someone openly admits

is a public open admission rather than a private confession

A

assertedly

vsavowedly

7.9

Said to be true but not proven

is an open admission acknowledging something rather than merely asserting it

Antonyms

S

secretly

261 1.4

In a way that other people do not know

C

covertly

17 6.9

In a secret way so other people do not know

How Open

publicly

575 1.2

openly

303 1.6

avowedly

• Formal

1 7.7

privately

174 3.2

secretly

261 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology