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副詞

admittedly (comparative more admittedly, superlative most admittedly)

1. As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.

   Admittedly, vandalism is a bit of a problem.

   She was admittedly the one who killed the baron.

   • 2024 May 6, Ben Guarino, “Defend Yourself against AI Impostor Scams with a Safe Word”, in Scientific American‎:

     Adopting a computerlike countermeasure for a problem enabled by computer algorithms is admittedly an unnatural practice.

2. (conjunctive) Signals a concession followed by a counterpoint usually headed by but.

   It's only a theory, admittedly, but it might work.

   Admittedly he can't swim, but he still loves going to the seaside anyway.

同意語

• granted

関連する語

• admit
• admissibly

参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “admittedly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “admittedly”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.