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apparently Definition

• (r) from appearances alone; "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
• (r) 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 apparent

apparently Synonyms

• apparently
• evidently
• manifestly
• obviously
• on the face of it
• ostensibly
• patently
• plain
• plainly
• seemingly