apparently meaning and definition

APPARENTLY adverb

Definition of apparently (adverb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: on the face of it, ostensibly, seemingly
2. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
   • "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "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"
   • synonyms: evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly