"avowedly" in the adverb sense
1. avowedly, professedly
by open declaration
"their policy has been avowedly Marxist"
"Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders"
2. true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly
as acknowledged
"true, she is the smartest in her class"
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