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Antonyms for apparently


Grammar : Adv
Spell : uh-par-uhnt, uh-pair-
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpær ənt, əˈpɛər-



Definition of apparently

Origin :
  • late 14c., "visibly, openly," from apparent + -ly (2). Meaning "evidently" is from 1550s; that of "to all appearances" (but not necessarily "really") is from 1560s; meaning "so far as can be judged, seemingly," is from 1846. A gradual retreat from certainty.
  • adv seemingly
  • adv obviously
Example sentences :
  • Paralus breathes and moves, but is apparently unconscious of existence in this world.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • There sat his nephew in the old place, apparently not having stirred.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Much of it, apparently, he will convert into that champagne he now drinks.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • They were on the bank of a stream of some width, and apparently a deep and rapid one.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • How were they to effect these apparently incompatible objects?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Apparently they were the only Overton passengers in that car.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • But he was apparently able to convince even Larry la Roche by means of words.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The new—or what seems new to me—is apparently the medium in which it is most at home.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Apparently they had come thither for purposes of conversation.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • But to desert a woman, and have her apparently not even know it, was against the rules of the game.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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