ad·mit·ted·ly

(ăd-mĭt′ĭd-lē)

adv.

By general admission; confessedly.

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admittedly

(ədˈmɪtɪdlɪ)

adv

(sentence modifier) willingly conceded: admittedly I am afraid.

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ad•mit•ted•ly

(ædˈmɪt ɪd li)

adv.

by acknowledgment; by one's own admission; confessedly.

[1795–1805]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adv.

admittedly - as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"

confessedly, true, avowedly

admittedly

adverb it must be admitted, certainly, undeniably, it must be said, to be fair or honest, avowedly, it cannot be denied, it must be allowed, confessedly, it must be confessed, allowedly It's only a theory, admittedly, but the pieces fit together.

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Translations

بِاعْتِرَاف الجَمِيع

nesporně

rigtignokutvivlsomt

freilich zugegeben zugegebenermaßen

ομολογουμένως

ciertamente sin duda

de l'aveu général

bevallottan

óneitanlega

riktignok utvilsomt

bilindiği üzereitiraf etmek gerekirse

公认地

admittedly

[ədˈmɪtɪdlɪ] ADV it's only a theory, admittedly, but → reconozco que sólo es una teoría, pero ... → es verdad que or de acuerdo que sólo es una teoría, pero ...
admittedly, economists often disagree among themselves → hay que reconocer que or hay que admitir que or es verdad que los economistas a menudo no están de acuerdo entre ellos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

admittedly

[ədˈmɪtɪdli] adv → il faut l'admettre
It's only a theory, admittedly, but → Ce n'est qu'une théorie, il faut l'admettre, mais ...
You had to pay to get in, though admittedly, not very much → Il fallait payer pour entrer, encore que, il faut l'admettre, pas beaucoup.

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admittedly

adv → zugegebenermaßen; admittedly this is true → zugegeben, das stimmt

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admittedly

[ədˈmɪtɪdlɪ] adv → bisogna ammettere or riconoscere (che), va detto (che)

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admit

(ədˈmit) – past tense, past participle adˈmitted – verb

1. to allow to enter. This ticket admits one person.

2. to say that one accepts as true. He admitted (that) he was wrong.

adˈmissible (-səbl) adjective

allowable. admissible evidence.

adˈmission (-ʃən) noun

1. being allowed to enter; entry. They charge a high price for admission.

2. (an) act of accepting the truth of (something). an admission of guilt.

adˈmittance noun

the right or permission to enter. The notice said `No admittance'.

adˈmittedly adverb

as is generally accepted. Admittedly, she is not well.

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"I have it from you then--for it's of great importance--that he was definitely and admittedly bad?"

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It was marvellous how thoroughly and clearly he had recognised Ernestine at once as a type of that other world of womenkind, of which he admittedly knew nothing.

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Gardener was admittedly the best-dressed woman in Black Hawk, drove the best horse, and had a smart trap and a little white-and-gold sleigh.

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He had been what is known in some parts of the Union (which is admittedly a free country) as a "merchant"; that is to say, he kept a retail shop for the sale of such things as are commonly sold in shops of that character.

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There was a desk for his secretary, now vacant, and beyond, in the shadows of the apartment, winged bookcases which held a collection of editions de luxe, first editions, and a great collection of German and Russian literature, admittedly unique.

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Still, it was admittedly a triumph that the van der Luydens, at May's request, should have stayed over in order to be present at her farewell dinner for the Countess Olenska.

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He's admittedly one of the world's greatest toxicologists "

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MacWhirr (a pretentious person with a scraggy neck and a disdainful manner) was admittedly ladylike, and in the neighbourhood considered as "quite superior." The only secret of her life was her abject terror of the time when her husband would come home to stay for good.

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Lastly, to complete this overwhelming testimony, two analytical chemists actually produced in Court the arsenic which they had found in the body, in a quantity admittedly sufficient to have killed two persons instead of one.

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This metrical system, thus shaped, has provided the indispensable formal basis for making English poetry admittedly the greatest in the modern world.

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But that, admittedly, had been a very solemn study.

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