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Assertion vs Assertedly - What's the difference?

assertion | assertedly |

As a noun assertion

is the act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

As an adverb assertedly is

according to an assertion.

assertion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
  • Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
  • (computing) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.

    • Related terms

    * assertoric

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    assertedly

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • According to an assertion.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 2, author=Alan Feuer, title=54 More Women Accuse Bloomberg Firm of Bias, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Though the suit does not name Mr. Bloomberg as a defendant and claims discrimination that assertedly occurred after he left an active role in the company, it is the latest and most sweeping of a string of discrimination and sexual harassment complaints filed against the firm since the 1990s. }}