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confestly

confestly is the obsolete form of confessedly.

Meaning of confessedly

Adverb

confessedly (comparative more confessedly, superlative most confessedly)

  1. Admittedly; by one's own confession.
    • Confessedly, he is the handsomest man in his house.
  2. (archaic) In a way that is generally acknowledged.
    • This attempt to confound the seven Epistles mentioned by Eusebius with the other confessedly spurious Epistles, as if they presented themselves to us with the same credentials, ignores all the important facts bearing on the question.1889, Joseph Lightfoot, Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion"

Forms of confestly

comparativemore confestly
superlativemost confestly

Origin of confestly

From confest + -ly.

Questions about confestly

What is confestly the obsolete form of?
Confestly is the obsolete form of confessedly.

Words near confestly in the dictionary

  1. confessorships
  2. confessory
  3. confessour
  4. confessours
  5. confest
  6. confestly
  7. confetti
  8. confetti cake
  9. confetti cakes
  10. confettied
  11. confettiing

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