apparently

UK /əˈpæɹ.ənt.liː/ US /əˈpæɹ.ənt.li/
adv 4

Definitions

adv

1

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

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

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. […]"

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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