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apparently

• (r) 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
  on the face of it, ostensibly, seemingly,
• (r) 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
  evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly,

Synonyms

on the face of it ostensibly seemingly evidently manifestly obviously patently plain plainly

Words of close approximity