apparently

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Plainly

   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. 2

   Seemingly

   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. 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. […]"
   • Similarly, the new move to apparently involve the National Guard in ICE operations could rub people the wrong way.
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   1. 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!

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