admittedly
adverb
ad·mit·ted·ly
əd-ˈmi-təd-lē 
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1
: as has been or must be admitted
an admittedly inadequate treatment
2
: it must be admitted
admittedly, we took a chance
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Examples of admittedly in a Sentence
admittedly, I should not have lost my temper like that
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Hetzel, Jimenez’s nephew, who was Dakota’s foster father from 2019 to 2021 and again briefly in the fall of 2022, was admittedly unsure about what to say to the crowd and thanked everybody for coming out.
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Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
Now that approach is team, scheme and specific needs based, but that’s been a fundamental, philosophical approach during the general manager Chris Grier era, one that Miami admittedly strays from in the later rounds.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
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Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
Now that approach is team, scheme and specific needs based, but that’s been a fundamental, philosophical approach during the general manager Chris Grier era, one that Miami admittedly strays from in the later rounds.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
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“Admittedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/admittedly. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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admittedly
adverb
ad·mit·ted·ly
-əd-lē
: acknowledged as true
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