Definitions for professedly

professedly pro·fess·ed·ly

Spelling: [pruh-fes-id-lee]
IPA: /prəˈfɛs ɪd li/

Professedly is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 700 anagrams from letters in professedly (deefloprssy).

Definitions for professedly

adverb

  1. allegedly; pretendedly:
  2. avowedly; by open declaration:

Origin of professedly

First recorded in 1560-70; professed + -ly

Examples for professedly

It was professedly kind; but the manner was forced, and repulsive.

The experiment was lately tried in a neighbouring country, and professedly on this very ground.

What was the principle on which this bill was professedly founded?

Her grief and anger at the loss of her curl are professedly mock-heroic.

The memorial was signed by 1,036 persons, professedly free miners.

They have been professedly undertaken as a matter of authorship.

Before he was professedly a Roman Catholic, but really an infidel.

Have we any pedigree worthy to be compared with that of professedly old families?

The poem by Lutwyche is professedly "slow, involved, and mystical."

Like other Roman poets, Propertius is professedly an imitator of the Greeks.

Word Value for professedly
Scrable

20

Words with friends

21

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