grantedly
advEtymology From granted + -ly.
1
as has been or must be granted or admitted
- 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."1984 (April 15), Mona Simpson, New York Times In Short book review of novel "The Tiger in the Tiger Pit" by Turner Hospital
2
as is acknowledged to be true; by general admission
3
as is beyond question, as is not to be doubted
- Related terms
- admit, admissibly, grant