apparently

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adverb

1. from appearances alone (Freq. 52)
- irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
- the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
- "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy
- on the face of it the problem seems minor
• Syn:
seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it
• Derived from adjective:
ostensible (for: ostensibly), seeming (for: seemingly), apparent
2. unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')
- the answer is obviously wrong
- she was in bed and evidently in great pain
- he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
- it is all patently nonsense
- she has apparently been living here for some time
- I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
- You are plainly wrong
- he is plain stubborn
• Syn:
obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, plainly, plain
• Derived from adjective:
plain (for: plainly), apparent, patent (for: patently), manifest (for: manifestly), evident (for: evidently), obvious (for: obviously)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism