professedly
adverb
pro·fessed·ly
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Definition of professedly
1
: by profession or declaration : avowedly
2
: with pretense : allegedly
Examples of professedly in a Sentence
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But Pooh, though self-professedly dense, is still able to participate in adventures that require elaborate, if often misguided, planning, and is aware, besides, of his own intellectual limitations. — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, "Mog the Cat and the Mysteries of Animal Subjectivity," 20 June 2019 The flap was merely the latest in Keith’s long career as one of the most prominent, if professedly reluctant, political figures in contemporary music. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Toby Keith in Trump’s America," 6 Oct. 2017 Never in its modern history has France chosen a leader as professedly dedicated as Macron is to what the Anglo-American world understands as liberalism - economic and political liberty reinforcing one another in a virtuous circle. — chicagotribune.com, "France has its Napoleon III," 8 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'professedly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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