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self-confessedly
adverb
uk /ˌself.kənˈfes.ɪd.li/ us /ˌself.kənˈfes.ɪd.li/
admitting to having a characteristic that is considered to be bad or not acceptable: 自我坦白的;自己承认的
In this programme, the self-confessedly greedy presenter discovers the food of Italy.
He was a self-confessedly mediocre actor, and relied on his good looks.
Self-confessedly unathletic, she hated sport and developed asthma as a child.
His writing is self-confessedly unoriginal, but it's also charming.
By the age of 21, he was clever, articulate and self-confessedly intellectual.
His account of what happened is self-confessedly tentative.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Admitting & confessing
acknowledge something as something
acknowledgedly
acknowledgment
admission of guilt
admittedly
avowedly
breastbeating
clean
climb down
come cleanidiom
concede
confess
hand
retraction
self-admittedly
self-confession
stand
swallow your wordsidiom
take something back
to be honest (with you)idiom
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