Apparently
[ə'pærəntlɪ] or [ə'pærəntli]
Definition
(adv.) from appearances alone; 'irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land'; 'the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned'; 'had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it'-Thomas Hardy; 'on the face of it the problem seems minor'.
Edited by Flo--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Visibly.
(adv.) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
(adv.) Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
Typist: Shirley
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Evidently, obviously, clearly, manifestly, plainly.[2]. Seemingly, ostensibly, QUASI, on appearance, at the first blush, in semblance, in show.
Typist: Stanley
Examples
- Will was not quite contented, thinking that he would apparently have been of more importance if he had been disliked. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Yet it was a hard time for sensitive, high-spirited Jo, who meant so well and had apparently done so ill. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Apparently it carried this vast body kangaroo fashion on its tail and hind legs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With his mind apparently relieved from an overwhelming weight, by having at last got an order for something, the waiter imperceptibly melted away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Such, apparently, is the simple doctrine of this typical imperialist. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The sailor walked on, looking about him, and apparently not very certain of where he was going next. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You observed that her right glove was torn at the forefinger, but you did not apparently see that both glove and finger were stained with violet ink. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Riderhood had looked hard at his hands and his pockets, apparently as a precautionary measure lest he should have any weapon about him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This amiable, upright, perfect Jane Fairfax was apparently cherishing very reprehensible feelings. Jane Austen. Emma.
- This way,' said his new friend, apparently much relieved as they turned down a by-street; 'we shall soon be there. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He debarked his troops and apparently made every preparation to attack the enemy while the navy bombarded the main forts at Haines' Bluff. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Caliphronas, apparently as merry as ever, made his appearance in new clothes, and resumed his sceptre and vineleaf crown. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Mr. Franklin's suspicions apparently took the same turn. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He knew that Hermione had a curious pleasure in treading down all the social differences, at least apparently, and he left it to her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But the owners of Lowick apparently had not been travellers, and Mr. Casaubon's studies of the past were not carried on by means of such aids. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was startled by the loud and dissonant voice of a man who was apparently dismounting at the door. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I wish I might go on by myself, he resumed, fearing, apparently, that he was to be pressed into some unpleasant service. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This enmity, however, had apparently expired in a renewal of friendliness between the two women. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In the passion of their good intentions they have not hesitated to conceal facts, suppress thought, crush disturbing initiatives and apparently detrimental desires. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And the trader leaned back in his chair, and folded his arm, with an air of virtuous decision, apparently considering himself a second Wilberforce. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Apparently they were coming from the opposite side of the partition against which I leaned and presently I made out the tones of Dejah Thoris. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Some other correlations are apparently due to the manner in which natural selection can alone act. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Mr. Bruff folded up the Will, and then looked my way; apparently wondering whether I did or did not mean to leave him alone with my aunt. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Apparently he had not aged a minute, but was still the straight, clean-limbed fighting-man of thirty. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He is lying thus, apparently forgetful of his newer and minor surprise, when the housekeeper returns, accompanied by her trooper son. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The beauty in this latter case, and in many others, is apparently wholly due to symmetry of growth. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Here are the same causes at work again, which operated last year; and here are, apparently, the same effects. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Several discs of metal, old coins apparently, such as I hold here, were scattered over the bottom of the box, but it contained nothing else. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Stanley