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]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]