apparently
Academic Word List, sublist 4.
About 45.44 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
- adverb Seemingly; in appearance.
A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
- adverb According to what the speaker has read or heard.
Apparently you are quite a good dancer.
- adverb According to what one can deduce.
Similar words
patently manifestly obviously plainly evidently seemingly ostensibly plain on the face of it clearly
Often followed by
the not a in had he was been to did
Word family
apparent
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