admittedly
adverb
ad·mit·ted·ly
əd-ˈmi-təd-lē 
ad-
1
: as has been or must be admitted
an admittedly inadequate treatment
2
: it must be admitted
admittedly, we took a chance
Examples of admittedly in a Sentence
admittedly, I should not have lost my temper like that
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What to do instead: There’s admittedly a lot of nuance here.
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Jenny McCoy, SELF, 9 July 2025
The next to make their entrances were Kyle Howard, who admittedly was easy to miss during his two weeks on Katie Thurston’s season of The Bachelorette, and one of Grant’s final three Zoe McGrady.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 July 2025
In those formative years spent as a youngster in Hawaii, surfing had become a big part of his life and moving to Texas was admittedly a bit of a letdown.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
This, admittedly, is a first-world kind of problem; Ferguson and Guardiola, who has managed City since 2016, are very much the exceptions.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 7 July 2025
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Jenny McCoy, SELF, 9 July 2025
The next to make their entrances were Kyle Howard, who admittedly was easy to miss during his two weeks on Katie Thurston’s season of The Bachelorette, and one of Grant’s final three Zoe McGrady.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 July 2025
In those formative years spent as a youngster in Hawaii, surfing had become a big part of his life and moving to Texas was admittedly a bit of a letdown.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
This, admittedly, is a first-world kind of problem; Ferguson and Guardiola, who has managed City since 2016, are very much the exceptions.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 7 July 2025
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“Admittedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/admittedly. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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admittedly
adverb
ad·mit·ted·ly
-əd-lē
: acknowledged as true
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