Apparently \Ap*par"ent*ly\, adv.
   1. Visibly. [Obs.] --Hobbes.
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   2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
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            If he should scorn me so apparently.  --Shak.
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   3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently
      friendly, yet malicious in heart.
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	apparently
    adv 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" [syn: apparently, seemingly,
           ostensibly, on the face of it]
    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" [syn:
       obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently,
       apparently, plainly, plain]

	

	66 Moby Thesaurus words for "apparently":
   artificially, as it seems, at first sight, clearly, conspicuously,
   definitely, discernibly, distinctly, erroneously, evidently,
   explicitly, expressly, exteriorly, externally, factitiously,
   falsely, glaringly, in name only, manifestly, markedly, nominally,
   noticeably, observably, obviously, officially, on the outside,
   on the surface, openly, ostensibly, out, outside, outwardly,
   outwards, palpably, patently, perceivably, perceptibly, plainly,
   plausibly, prima facie, professedly, prominently, pronouncedly,
   publically, recognizably, seeably, seemingly, spuriously,
   staringly, starkly, superficially, synthetically,
   to all appearances, to all seeming, to the eye, truthlessly,
   unconcealedly, undisguisedly, ungenuinely, unmistakably,
   unnaturally, untruly, unveraciously, visibly, with clarity,
   without