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Vinony

apparently

adverb

  1. according to external appearances (seemingly, not necessarily 'really')
  2. according to what one can judge from available evidence (seemingly)
  3. evidently/manifestly
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈpæɹəntli/ / /əˈpaɹəntlɪj/ / /əˈpɛɹəntli/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English apparent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English apparently From apparent + -ly.

  1. 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. […]"”

  4. 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!”