Professedly
[prә'fesidli]
Definition
(adv.) with pretense or intention to deceive; 'is only professedly poor'.
Editor: Rochelle--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) By profession.
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Examples
- A professedly cultural education is peculiarly exposed to this danger. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was every day implied, but never professedly declared. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Professedly Martin Yorke (it is a young Yorke, of course) tramples on the name of poetry. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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