'avowedly' definitions:
Definition of 'avowedly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
By open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders" [syn: avowedly, professedly]
adverb
As acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly]