apparently

Adverb

Meaning

Visibly.

Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.

Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

plain seemingly evidently ostensibly plainly manifestly patently obviously on the face of it clear probably look apparent clearly seem
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Antonyms

completely actually clearly certainly truly barely
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Examples

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. Mark Twain

Belief in God is apparently a psychological artifact of mammalian reproduction. Arthur C. Clarke

Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Winston Churchill

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. Edith Wharton

The West believes that man and the universe are both complex and that the apparently discordant parts of each can be put into a reasonably workable arrangement with a little good will, patience, and experimentation. Carroll Quigley

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. James Joyce

Close letter words and terms

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