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Meanings of professedly in English

By open declaration.

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Examples for "avowedly"
Examples for "avowedly"
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His problem was that the culture of contemporary liberalism is avowedly secular.
The Guardian
2
The result in him was, that Laetitia became humanly and avowedly beautiful.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
3
They were avowedly aimed at the up-rooting of Marxism from the area.
Civilization and Beyond: Learning from History
4
The leading statesmen of the age were avowedly indifferent or professedly unbelieving.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
5
She loved him; there was no withdrawing attentions avowedly dear to her.
Mansfield Park
Usage of professedly in English
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The Articles were, professedly, not in the interest of the whole people.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
2
Only the pieces of the fourth Part have professedly a religious character.
The Shih King, or, Book of Poetry / From the Sacred Books of the...
3
The leading statesmen of the age were avowedly indifferent or professedly unbelieving.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
4
They are professedly civil to it, and run a race with it.
The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated / In Nine Disco...
5
He did not, or does not in his Commentaries, professedly blame Cicero.
Caesar: A Sketch
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On this portion of his History, Teufelsdrockh looks down professedly as indifferent.
Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh
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Oxford was professedly a religious institution; it was a part of the State.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 / Little J...
8
Neither was professedly nationalistic, for nationalism, though still potent, was no longer vaunted.
Last and First Men
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The religion of the Hindus is professedly founded on the Vedas.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
10
All the degrees of reformed spelling now in use are professedly but transitional.
The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3
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Later, it was the form and not the substance that professedly inspired attack.
The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox
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He was professedly an eclectic, but in the main his philosophy was Hegelian.
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
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Here he became professedly a disciple of the sect of Pythagoras.
Lives of the Necromancers
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The countenance of the professedly pious man became scarlet, and he disappeared instantly.
Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life
15
Here was this lad professedly on the point of proposing to this woman.
No Hero
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Some habits may be regarded with comparative indifference, although professedly held in condemnation.
A Handbook of Ethical Theory
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