What does avowedly mean?

avowedly means "by open declaration". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in avowedly?

avowedly has 4 syllables: a-vo-wed-ly. The stress falls on "vo". In IPA it is /əˈvaʊədli/.

What is another word for avowedly?

Close synonyms include professedly, true, admittedly, confessedly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is avowedly a common word?

avowedly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Avowedly — meaning, pronunciation and 2 senses

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
by open declaration
“their policy has been avowedly Marxist”
“Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders”
Synonymsprofessedly
2.
as acknowledged
“true, she is the smartest in her class”
Synonymstrue admittedly confessedly

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What does avowedly mean?: avowedly means "by open declaration". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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