avowedly

adverb

avow·​ed·​ly ə-ˈvau̇-əd-lē 

1

: with open acknowledgment : frankly

an avowedly hostile review

2

: by unsupported assertion or profession alone : allegedly

politicians remain skeptical of … avowedly democratic intentions

—Jerry Kirshenbaum

Examples of avowedly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The keffiyeh ban has threatened a reputational crisis at the Noguchi Museum, as critics question its proximity to the avowedly antiwar sculptor. —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024

Staff at the museum have found the situation particularly distressing, as the institution’s namesake, the sculptor Isamu Noguchi, was avowedly antiwar. —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2024

Yes, but: With so many crypto leaders avowedly on Team Trump and the wind at her back, conciliating crypto sounds chancy. —Brady Dale, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024

For one thing, its commercial fortunes depend on a blithe confidence that Costner’s name is enough to induce viewers to shell out at the box office four times—and, initially, for a story that is avowedly unfinished. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1635, in the meaning defined at sense 1