apparently
pronunciation
How to pronounce apparently in British English:
UK [əˈpærəntli]
How to pronounce apparently in American English:
US [əˈpærəntli]
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- Adverb:
- from appearances alone
- unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
Word Origin
- apparently (adv.)
- late 14c., "visibly, openly," from apparent + -ly (2). Meaning "evidently" is from 1550s; that of "to all appearances" (but not necessarily "really") is from 1560s; meaning "so far as can be judged, seemingly," is from 1846. A gradual retreat from certainty.
Example
- 1. Apparently it was a first for a foreign leader .
- 2. The regulator apparently told them he considered the accord exemplary .
- 3. Americans apparently identify power with height and follicular retention .
- 4. A nobel prize in economics was apparently no help .
- 5. However , bush administration apparently have gone too far toward the other pole .