apparently

Meanings

Adverb

• from appearances alone; ; ; -Thomas Hardy
  • "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"
• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
  • "she has apparently been living here for some time"
  • "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"

Adv

• Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
• Seemingly; in appearance.
• According to what the speaker has read or heard.
• According to what one can deduce.

Synonyms

allegedly, apparently, at first blush, at first glance, at first sight, blatantly, clearly, evidently, eyely, glaringly, manifestly, noticeably, observably, obvi, obviously, on the face of it, on the surface, openly, ostensibly, outwardly, overtly, patently, plain, plainly, prima facie, reportedly, seemingly, superficially, surfacely, to all appearances, visibly