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| 1. | [ adverb ] from appearances alone | |
| Synonyms: | seemingly on_the_face_of_it ostensibly | |
| Examples: | "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 |
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| Related terms: | apparent apparent ostensible apparent ostensible | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] unmistakably | |
| Synonyms: | obviously evidently plainly manifestly plain patently | |
| Examples: | "the answer is obviously wrong" "she was in bed and evidently in great pain" "it is all patently nonsense" "she has apparently been living here for some time" "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism obvious apparent apparent apparent apparent apparent obvious apparent | |
| Similar spelling: |
apparent apparency apparentness appearing aperient apprentice appearance |
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