apparently

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17
Words With Friends
20
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10
Pronunciation
/əˈpæɹəntli/
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/əˈpæɹəntli/ · /əˈpaɹəntlɪj/ · /əˈpæɹəntli/(US) · /əˈpɛɹəntli/ · /əˈpaɾəntle/ · /əˈpaɾəntli/

Definition of apparently

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (rare)Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
    “If he should scorn me so apparently.”
    “One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.”
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adv

  1. (rare)Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
    “If he should scorn me so apparently.”
    “One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.”
  2. Seemingly; in appearance.
    “A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.”
    “The r-stems had apparently been reduced to the five nuclear kinship terms that still survive in Modern English.”
  3. According to what the speaker has read or heard.
    “Apparently you are quite a good dancer.”
    “"[…] Apparently they are going to contact the adoption agency and see if they can locate that child. […]"”
    “Similarly, the new move to apparently involve the National Guard in ICE operations could rub people the wrong way.”
  4. (often, sarcastic)According to what one can deduce.
    “Peridot: I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting! Yellow Diamond: What do you know about the Earth?! Peridot: Apparently more than you, you clod!”

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Etymology

From apparent + -ly.

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