apparently
adverb
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Examples of apparently in a Sentence
Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
The tasks they have been assigned apparently aren’t particularly time-sensitive (several editorial assignments do not have word counts, and no one who spoke for this story mentioned a due date for written work).
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
His sense of domination over her was apparently broken only by her death.
—Susan Schindehette, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Yet Sappho apparently never wrote these lines; they were invented by Cha.
—Ilana Masad, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2024
The Arizona recruits were apparently told they each would get 160 acres of land in Sonora but that the deal was approved by Mexican officials and would involve no fighting.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
But more material was apparently cut because test audiences didn’t respond well.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
The dairy worker had caught the virus, apparently, from cattle.
—David Cox, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2024
However the judges rule, the case seems bound for the Supreme Court, which was apparently Abbott’s goal all along.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Middle English aparenly, apparently "clearly, plainly," from apparaunt, apparent apparent + -ly -ly entry 2
1566, in the meaning defined above
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“Apparently.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apparently. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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