AVOWEDLY

true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly

(adverb) as acknowledged; “true, she is the smartest in her class”

avowedly, professedly

(adverb) by open declaration; “their policy has been avowedly Marxist”; “Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

avowedly (comparative more avowedly, superlative most avowedly)

With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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