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to all appearances

ADVERB

apparently

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improbably unlikely

WEAK

dubiously equivocally questionably uncertain

ADVERB

evidently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

doubtless manifestly obviously officially ostensibly plainly seemingly undoubtedly

STRONG

patently

WEAK

doubtlessly incontestably incontrovertibly indisputably it seems it would seem outwardly professedly unmistakably without question

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improbably unlikely

WEAK

doubtfully mistakably obscurely questionably vaguely

ADVERB

likely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

presumably

WEAK

assumably doubtless doubtlessly in all likelihood in all probability like as not most likely no doubt presumptively prima facie seemingly

Antonyms

WEAK

improbably unlikely

ADVERB

ostensively

Synonyms

WEAK

allegedly as if as though at a glance at first sight evidently externally in all likelihood intuitively it appears that it seems that most likely on the face of it ostensibly outwardly plausibly possibly probably professedly reasonably reputably seemingly speciously superficially supposedly tangibly

ADVERB

probably

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apparently doubtless no doubt perhaps possibly presumably seemingly

STRONG

believably plausibly

WEAK

as likely as not as the case may be assumably dollars to doughnuts expediently feasibly imaginably in all likelihood in all probability like enough maybe most likely one can assume perchance practicably presumptively reasonably

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improbably uncertain unlikely

Example Sentences

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But to all appearances, the gigantic repurposed oil tanker is cruising right through the Panama Canal, passing by the support beams across which the nano-net has been stretched.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

His enablers are more subservient and his challengers, to all appearances, less effective.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2022

For three decades after the Soviet Union’s collapse, oil- and uranium-producing Kazakhstan was, to all appearances, the most prosperous and stable of its former Central Asian republics.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022

It’s on Blake and Robitaille to give Desjardins and Sturm and anyone else who might join them the right material to win in a league that has, to all appearances, left the Kings behind.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2018

Confronted with what he viewed as an intellectual treasure trove, this precise, meticulous, formal man was to all appearances overcome by enthusiasm and scholarly greed.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

to all appearances

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