avowedly

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

avowedly
    adv 1: by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly
           Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the
           murders" [syn: {avowedly}, {professedly}]
    2: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
       [syn: {true}, {admittedly}, {avowedly}, {confessedly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Avowed \A*vowed"\, a.
   Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- {A*vow"ed*ly},
   adv.
   [1913 Webster]