apparently

[uh-pair-uhnt-lee] / əˈpɛər ənt li /

ADVERB

seemingly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allegedly ostensibly possibly probably supposedly

WEAK

as if as though at a glance at first sight in all likelihood intuitively it appears that it seems that most likely on the face of it outwardly plausibly professedly reasonably reputably speciously superficially tangibly to all appearances

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improbably unlikely

WEAK

dubiously equivocally questionably uncertain

ADVERB

obviously

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clearly evidently officially plainly

STRONG

manifestly patently

WEAK

conspicuously expressly in plain sight indubitably openly overtly palpably perceptibly transparently unmistakably

Antonyms

STRONGEST

vaguely

WEAK

dubiously equivocally improbably questionably uncertain unlikely

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"There is apparently a good chemistry, a good personal rapport," Jaffrelot said.

From Barron's

In 2010, he apparently passed on an email conversation about Aston Martin and the Royal Bank of Scotland to a contact, David Stern, who passed it on to disgraced financier Epstein.

From BBC

All the while, SpaceX apparently let slip its obligations to NASA’s moon effort.

From The Wall Street Journal

We saw what happened to Lindsey Vonn when she accidentally hooked her arm on one and that apparently contributed to her violent crash.

From Los Angeles Times

Anderson plays the children's mother, whose presence intrudes into the family's lives despite her apparently having been killed by wolves.

From Barron's

apparently

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