ADMITTEDLY in a Sentence

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There aren't any fresh men to fill the ranks and the desertions are running high--higher than the army likes to admit.

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 Meanings and Examples of ADMITTEDLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
admittedly
 ad.  doubtlessly; in an acknowledged manner; confessedly
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Scarlett knew that family tradition would forcibly restrain many of these people from such a struggle-- with the making of money admittedly its aim.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
2  Mrs. Gardener was admittedly the best-dressed woman in Black Hawk, drove the best horse, and had a smart trap and a little white-and-gold sleigh.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VII
3  He therefore made his demand with the awkwardness of a proud man who will not admit to himself that he is stooping; and he was not much surprised at Hale's refusal.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
4  There was a steely quality under her stately gentleness that awed the whole household, Gerald as well as the girls, though he would have died rather than admit it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  What made matters worse was that under his smile a little sparkle had come into Melanie's eyes, so that even Scarlett had to admit that she looked almost pretty.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  She had her shyness, her sudden blushes, her modesty, but she did have common sense--"Of a sort, I'll admit that," Scarlett thought grudgingly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  Scarlett had to admit that Melanie carried off things very well, acting as if she knew nothing was amiss, and she actually succeeded in engaging Gerald in conversation, once the supper had been served.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  And she certainly intended to find a way to make him admit it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  Well, I must admit we did a bit of private looting in that corn, for we were all pretty hungry and what the General don't know won't hurt him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  There aren't any fresh men to fill the ranks and the desertions are running high--higher than the army likes to admit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  No, now that I am free of the toils, I'll frankly admit that I'm as guilty as Cain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  She tired more easily these days than she liked to admit and she was always silently grateful when he took the reins.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
13  Melanie refused to change, refused even to admit that there was any reason to change in a changing world.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
14  His remark that Ashley needed pestering stung her, for there was more truth in it than she liked to admit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
15  And as I grew older his disapproval of me became downright dislike, which, I admit, I did little to change.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
Example Sentence: (131 in 9 pages)
16  I admit I was foxed for some time.
17  He doesn't have the humility to admit when he's wrong.
18  I am willing to admit that I do make mistakes.
19  She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
20  She was very reluctant to admit the truth.
21  She stubbornly refuses to admit the truth.
22  He conducted the meeting in his usual combative style, refusing to admit any mistakes.
23  The school governors have absolute discretion over which pupils they admit.
24  In the face of the new evidence he had to climb down and admit he had been wrong.
25  The two men were far more alike than they would ever admit.
26  The evidence can not admit of doubt.
27  Remember, always learn to admit your mistakes that you've done, before somebody else exaggerates the story.
28  Don't admit liability for the accident.
29  Senior government officials admit they have not been able to subdue the rebels.
30  He was too stubborn to admit that he was wrong.