admittedly

/ædmˈɪtɪdli/

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Frequency: 3.54 in modern English

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"Admittedly, vandalism is a bit of a problem."
"She was admittedly the one who killed the baron."
"Adopting a computerlike countermeasure for a problem enabled by computer algorithms is admittedly an unnatural practice."
"It's only a theory, admittedly, but it might work."
"Admittedly he can't swim, but he still loves going to the seaside anyway."

Etymology tree English admitted Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English admittedly From admitted + -ly.

more admittedly (comparative) most admittedly (superlative)

admission admit

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