/admittedly-meaning

/admittedly-meaning-etymology

-) Adverb.

-) Pronunciation and accent: ædmɪtɪdlɪ.

-) Etymology: from “admitted” + -ly, from “admit”, which is analyzed in ad- “to” + mittere “to send”.

-) Documented since 1800.

-) Meaning: in an admitted manner; by common acknowledgement.

-) Synonym for “admittedly”: acknowledgedly.

-) Antonym: maybe.

-) Translation: ciertamente, in Spanish; certainement, in French; certamente, in Italian.

At that time, the scientific work offered to students at Rochester was admittedly insufficient in quantity.

Popular Science… 1892

At the time of my visit, all wells were admittedly very low, and in some places entirely dried up.

Popular Science… 1891

The gravity of so small a body would be insufficient to draw them to it, unless they traveled straight in its direction, and, as the moon was moving rapidly around Mars, the chances of this were admittedly small.

R. Norman… Zarlah… 1909

-) Words derived from the Latin mittere: see REMISS.

 

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