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seemingly

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seem·ing  (smng)
adj.
Apparent; ostensible.
n.
Outward appearance; semblance.

seeming·ly adv.
seeming·ness n.

seemingly [ˈsiːmɪŋlɪ]
adv
1. in appearance but not necessarily in actuality with seemingly effortless ease
2. (sentence modifier) apparently; as far as one knows seemingly, he had few friends left
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Adv.1.seemingly - 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"

seemingly
adverb apparently, outwardly, on the surface, ostensibly, on the face of it, to all intents and purposes, to all appearances, as far as anyone could tell Seemingly he is a man with not an ounce of malice in him.
Translations
seemingly [ˈsiːmɪŋlɪ] ADVsegún parece, aparentemente
it is seemingly finishedsegún parece or aparentemente está terminado
there has seemingly been a rise in inflationparece que ha habido un aumento de la inflación
"he's left then?" - "seemingly"-¿o sea que se ha ido? -eso parece
seemingly [ˈsiːmɪŋli] advapparemment
seemingly
seemingly [ˈsiːmɪŋlɪ] adv (evidently) → a quanto pare; (from appearances) → in apparenza, apparentemente


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For many things seemingly favourable to a democracy destroy a democracy, and many things seemingly favourable to an oligarchy destroy an oligarchy.
It was in this place, seemingly belonging entirely to the past, that Professor Stangerson and his daughter installed themselves to lay the foundations for the science of the future.
The warriors appeared to be on the most friendly terms, and seemingly conversed much together; yet, according to the account of the interpreter, each was absolutely ignorant of what the other said.
 
 
 
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