"admittedly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Audio: en-us-admittedly.ogg Forms: more admittedly [comparative], most admittedly [superlative]
Etymology: From admitted + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|admitted|-ly|id2=adverbial}} admitted + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} admittedly (comparative more admittedly, superlative most admittedly)
  1. As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly. Translations (by admission): nepochybně (Czech), certes (French), zugegebenermaßen (German), ομολογουμένως (omologouménos) (Greek), kétségkívül (Hungarian), kétségtelenül (Hungarian), kétségtelen (note: followed by a subordinate clause) (Hungarian), nem vitás (Hungarian), el kell ismerni (Hungarian), be kell vallani (Hungarian), dichiaratamente (Italian), innegabilmente (Italian), co prawda (Polish), admitidamente (Portuguese), по о́бщему призна́нию (po óbščemu priznániju) (Russian), doduše (Serbo-Croatian), la verdad es que (Spanish), lo cierto es que (Spanish), es cierto que (Spanish), hay que admitir que (Spanish), admitidamente (Spanish), щопра́вда (ščoprávda) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-admittedly-en-adv-YAgbVqS3 Disambiguation of 'by admission': 64 36
  2. (conjunctive) Signals a concession followed by a counterpoint usually headed by but. Tags: conjunctive Translations (consession followed by counterpoint): weliswaar (Dutch), zwar (German), ugyan (Hungarian), að vísu (Icelandic), visserligen (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: granted Related terms: admit, admissibly
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "by admission",
      "word": "hay que admitir que"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "by admission",
      "word": "admitidamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "ščoprávda",
      "sense": "by admission",
      "word": "щопра́вда"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "consession followed by counterpoint",
      "word": "weliswaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "consession followed by counterpoint",
      "word": "zwar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "consession followed by counterpoint",
      "word": "ugyan"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "consession followed by counterpoint",
      "word": "að vísu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "consession followed by counterpoint",
      "word": "visserligen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "admittedly"
}

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