Avowedly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Avowed \A*vowed"\, a.
     Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- {A*vow"ed*ly},
     adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  avowedly
       adv 1: by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly
              Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the
              murders" [syn: {professedly}]
       2: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
          [syn: {true}, {admittedly}, {confessedly}]