avowedly

adverb

avow·​ed·​ly ə-ˈvau̇-əd-lē How to pronounce avowedly (audio)
1
: with open acknowledgment : frankly
an avowedly hostile review
2
: by unsupported assertion or profession alone : allegedly
politicians remain skeptical of … avowedly democratic intentionsJerry Kirshenbaum

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Iraq may also face tension with incoming Trump administration, which is avowedly pro-Israel and may view Iraq as part of Iran’s sphere of influence. James Durso, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025 Entering the world of movies, Malick developed methods of his own in order to create experimental films—not in the conventional sense of avowedly avant-garde non-narrative but in the scientific sense. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 Emboldened by a second consecutive parliamentary majority in 2019, Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have moved in an avowedly majoritarian direction. Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2021 In addition, the charity avowedly does not proselytize. Nina Totenberg, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for avowedly 

Word History

First Known Use

1635, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of avowedly was in 1635

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“Avowedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avowedly. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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