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apparently

  • adverb
  • ə-părʹənt-lē

seemingly; in appearance.

Example

“A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.”

Other meanings

  1. According to what the speaker has read or heard.

    “Apparently you are quite a good dancer.”

  2. According to what one can deduce.

Related words

  • appaz
  • unapparently

Example sentences

  • “Apparently he's been doing that all year.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “apparently” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.