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avowedly

adverb
avow·​ed·​ly | \ ə-ˈvau̇-əd-lē How to pronounce avowedly (audio) \

Definition of avowedly

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

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There is no basis for Corellium to be selling a product that allows the creation of avowedly perfect replicas of Apple's devices to anyone willing to pay. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "Apple sues company that sells “perfect replicas” of iOS without a license," 16 Aug. 2019 But there is, at the same time, an undercurrent of growing discomfort among avowedly conservative Muslims. Shadi Hamid, Washington Post, "For religious American Muslims, hostility from the right and disdain from the left," 25 July 2019 Coming from a White House avowedly in favor of eliminating a host of government regulations, Scalia's nomination is no great surprise. Irina Ivanova, CBS News, "Eugene Scalia, Trump's pick to head the Labor Department, scares worker advocates to death," 19 July 2019 Set: Brandon Kirkham’s functional, multilevel set is almost comically two-dimensional, highlighting the artifice in a piece that’s avowedly theatrical. Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Jokes flow freely in Skylight's 'Urinetown'," 19 May 2018 This avowedly apolitical approach to religion has enabled a great deal of evil. Rabbi Dan Fink, idahostatesman, "Neutrality is not a moral option | Idaho Statesman," 21 Apr. 2018 To the surprise of many, the truth is that the pair are avowedly not romantically involved. Raisa Bruner, Time, "Everything We Know about Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir’s Relationship," 12 Feb. 2018 It can also be practised by politicians whose parties are not avowedly populist. The Economist, "Dancing with dangerEurope’s populists are waltzing into the mainstream," 3 Feb. 2018 Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, while not avowedly a Buddhist or ethnic Burman party, still effectively exists as one. David A. Graham, The Atlantic, "Does Aung San Suu Kyi Still Deserve a Nobel Prize?," 21 Sep. 2017

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First Known Use of avowedly

1635, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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