Confessedly

adv. Also 7 confestly. [f. prec. + -LY².]

  1.  By general admission or acknowledgement; admittedly.

1640.  Bp. Hall, Episc., II. § 11. 146. [Ignatius] in all those confessedly-genuine Epistles, which he wrote.

1667.  Decay Chr. Piety, i. 9. They address to that Principle which is confestly Predominant in our Nature.

1772.  Junius Lett., lxviii. 337. The star chamber a court confessedly arbitrary.

1861.  Mill, Utilit., v. 83. Rules of justice confessedly true.

1867.  Freeman, Norm. Conq. (1876), I. vi. 492. The letter is confessedly a forgery.

  2.  By personal confession, avowedly.

1777.  Sheridan, Sch. Scand., I. i. The latter attached to Maria, and confessedly beloved by her.

1878.  H. H. Gibbs, Ombre, 20. His antagonists having confessedly bad hands there is more likelihood of there being a good set of cards in the stock.