apparently

Etymology

apparent + -ly

adv

  1. (archaic) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
    If he should scorn me so apparently. 1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act 4, scene 1
  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. 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 197
  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. […] 2006, Lois Lewandowski, The Fatal Heir: A Gillian Jones Mystery, iUniverse, page 169

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