grantedly

English

Etymology

granted +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

grantedly (comparative more grantedly, superlative most grantedly)

1. as has been or must be granted or admitted

   Synonyms: admittedly, confessedly, granted

   • 1984 (April 15), Mona Simpson, New York Times In Short book review of novel "The Tiger in the Tiger Pit" by Turner Hospital :

     The psychological simplification, implicit in an attempt to explain five adult lives by the - grantedly dramatic - events of one night is heavy-handed and untrue, and the characters think tritely, with lines like "I sit helpless, chained to my chair, manacled to my unedited and unacceptable life."

2. as is acknowledged to be true; by general admission

   Synonyms: actually, forsooth, frankly, honestly, truthfully, verily

3. as is beyond question, as is not to be doubted

Related terms

• admit
• admissibly
• grant

Translations

by admission

• Czech: nepochybně (cs)
• Danish: ganske vist
• French: certes (fr)
• German: zugegebenermaßen (de)
• Greek: ομολογουμένως (el) (omologouménos)
• Hungarian: kétségkívül (hu), kétségtelenül (hu), (followed by a subordinate clause) kétségtelen (hu), nem vitás, el kell ismerni, be kell vallani
• Portuguese: admitidamente
• Russian: по о́бщему призна́нию (po óbščemu priznániju)
• Spanish: la verdad es que, lo cierto es que, es cierto que