avowedly

adverb

avow·ed·ly ə-ˈvau̇-əd-lē

: with open acknowledgment : frankly

an avowedly hostile review

: by unsupported assertion or profession alone : allegedly

… politicians remain skeptical of … avowedly democratic intentions …—Jerry Kirshenbaum

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Many of the posters pushing the memes are avowedly racist and anti-Semitic. — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026 Saret was avowedly disinterested in the market mechanics of the art world, preferring largely to avoid fairs and biennials. — News Desk, Artforum, 3 June 2026 Trump's interpretation of the 14th Amendment is avowedly far more restricted. — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 1 Apr. 2026 In recent years, even some advocates of free trade have come around to the idea that certain tariffs can be justified on strategic and national-security grounds, especially when working with an avowedly mercantilist country like China. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for avowedly

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1635, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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