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apparently

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ap·par·ent  (-prnt, -pâr-)
adj.
1. Readily seen; visible.
2. Readily understood; clear or obvious.
3. Appearing as such but not necessarily so; seeming: an apparent advantage.

[Middle English, from Old French aparant, present participle of aparoir, to appear; see appear.]

ap·parent·ly adv.
ap·parent·ness n.
Synonyms: apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain
These adjectives mean readily seen, perceived, or understood: angry for no apparent reason; a clear danger; clear-cut evidence of tampering; distinct fingerprints; evident hostility; manifest pleasure; obvious errors; patent advantages; making my meaning plain.
Usage Note: Used before a noun, apparent means "seeming": For all his apparent wealth, Pat had no money to pay the rent. Used after a form of the verb be, however, apparent can mean either "seeming" (as in His virtues are only apparent) or "obvious" (as in The effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields). One should take care that the intended meaning is clear from the context.

apparently [əˈpærəntlɪ əˈpɛər-]
adv
(sentence modifier) it appears that; as far as one knows; seemingly
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.apparently - 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"
2.apparently - unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

apparently
adverb
1. seemingly, outwardly, ostensibly, speciously The deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession.
2. it appears that, allegedly, it seems that, on the face of it, by all accounts, so the story goes, so I'm told Apparently the girls are not amused by the situation.
Translations
apparently [əˈpærəntli] adv (= seemingly) → apparemment
Apparently she's been seeing him a lot → Elle le fréquente beaucoup à ce qu'il paraît.

apparently
advanscheinend

apparently [əˈpærntlɪ] adv
a. (it seems) → evidentemente
did they give him the money? - apparently not → gli hanno dato i soldi? - no, a quanto pare
b. (seemingly, unaffected, normal) → all'apparenza, apparentemente

apparently من الواضح zřejmě tilsyneladende anscheinend προφανώς aparentemente ilmeisesti apparemment po svemu sudeći apparentemente 明らかに 외관상 blijkbaar tilsynelatende w rzeczywistości aparentemente очевидно uppenbarligen อย่างชัดเจน açıkça một cách hiển nhiên 显然地


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They included a couple of young merchants, a man in a great-coat, a medical student, a little Pole, a small fat man who laughed continuously, and an enormously tall stout one who apparently put great faith in the strength of his fists.
The child (a little boy, apparently about five years old) scrambled up to the top of the wall, and called again and again; but finding this of no avail, apparently made up his mind, like Mahomet, to go to the mountain, since the mountain would not come to him, and attempted to get over; but a crabbed old cherry-tree, that grew hard by, caught him by the frock in one of its crooked scraggy arms that stretched over the wall.
As for the apparently blameless beekeeping that was going on at the place where he lived, that was easily discounted.
 
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