admittedly
adverb /ədˈmɪt.ɪd.li/
/-ˈmɪt̬-/ Definition
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B2 used when you are agreeing that something is true, especially unwillingly: Admittedly, I could have tried harder but I still don't think all this criticism is fair.Admitting and confessing
(Definition of admittedly adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- acknowledge verb
- acknowledgment noun
- avow verb
- back down phrasal verb
- climb down phrasal verb
- climbdown noun
- come clean idiom
- concessionary adjective
- confession noun
- deny verb (NOT TRUE)
- eat humble pie idiom
- eat your words idiom
- I stand corrected idiom
- make a clean breast of it idiom
- own up phrasal verb
- own verb (ADMIT)
- retract verb
- self-confessed adjective
- swallow your words idiom
- take sth back phrasal verb (STATEMENT)
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