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/əˈpæɹəntli/
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- Australia
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/əˈpaɹəntlɪj/
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/əˈpæɹəntli/
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- US
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/əˈpɛɹəntli/
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/əˈpaɾəntle/
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- Scotland
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/əˈpaɾəntli/
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əˈpaɹəntli
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əˈpæɹ.ɨnt.li
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- US
Adverb
Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
Usage- Rare
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If he should scorn me so apparently.
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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.
Seemingly; in appearance.
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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.
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According to one account, Brianna grew distracted while they were shopping and told Kellie she would be right back before stepping outside. Brianna apparently returned tense and agitated, unwilling to say what was bothering her.
According to what the speaker has read or heard.
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Apparently you are quite a good dancer.
"[…] Apparently they are going to contact the adoption agency and see if they can locate that child. […]"
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Similarly, the new move to apparently involve the National Guard in ICE operations could rub people the wrong way.
According to what one can deduce.
Usage- often
- sarcastic
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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!
Adverb
from appearances alone
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irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
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on the face of it the problem seems minor
unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’)
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the answer is obviously wrong
she was in bed and evidently in great pain
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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