apparently

English

Etymology

From apparent +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpæɹ.ənt.liː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈpæɹ.ənt.li/, enPR: ə-părʹənt-lē

• Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger):

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Adverb

apparently (comparative more apparently, superlative most apparently)

1. (archaic) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.

   Synonyms: obviously, plainly, clearly, evidently, visibly; see also Thesaurus:obviously

   • 1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act 4, scene 1:

     If he should scorn me so apparently.

   • 1633, Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], Loues Sacrifice. A Tragedie […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Hugh Beeston, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.

2. Seemingly; in appearance.

   Synonyms: ostensibly, seemingly; see also Thesaurus:ostensibly

   A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.

   • 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 197:

     The r-stems had apparently been reduced to the five nuclear kinship terms that still survive in Modern English.

3. According to what the speaker has read or heard.

   Synonyms: allegedly, reportedly

   Apparently you are quite a good dancer.

   • 2006, Lois Lewandowski, The Fatal Heir: A Gillian Jones Mystery, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 169:

     " […] Apparently they are going to contact the adoption agency and see if they can locate that child. […] "

4. (often sarcastic) According to what one can deduce.
   • 2016, “Message Received”, in Steven Universe:

     Peridot: I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!
     Yellow Diamond: What do you know about the Earth?!
     Peridot: Apparently more than you, you clod!

Derived terms

• appaz
• unapparently

 

Translations

(archaic) plainly

Arabic: ظَاهِرًا (ẓāhiran), عَلَى مَا يَبْدُو (ʕalā mā yabdū) Hijazi Arabic: الظّاهر (aẓ-ẓāhir). Basque: bide (eu) Bengali: সাধারণভাবে (śadharonbhabe) Chinese: Mandarin: 明明 (zh) (míngmíng), 顯然／显然 (zh) (xiǎnrán), 明顯／明显 (zh) (míngxiǎn) Czech: zjevně (cs) Danish: åbenbart Dutch: blijkbaar (nl), duidelijk (nl) Finnish: ilmeisesti (fi) French: apparemment (fr), évidemment (fr) Galician: evidentemente German: offensichtlich (de), offenbar (de) Hebrew: בבירור (beverúr) Hungarian: nyilvánvalóan (hu), láthatóan (hu), szemlátomást (hu) Italian: chiaramente (it), evidentemente (it) Japanese: 明らかに (ja) (あきらかに, akiraka ni), 一見 (ja) (いっけん, ikken), 明白に (めいはくに, meihaku ni), 思しい (おぼしい, oboshii) Latvian: acīm redzami, acīmredzot Polish: najwyraźniej Portuguese: claramente (pt), evidentemente (pt) Russian: очеви́дно (ru) (očevídno) Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais Slovak: zjavne, očividne, evidentne Spanish: evidentemente (es), obviamente (es), por lo visto Swedish: uppenbarligen (sv) Turkish: anlaşılan (tr) Ukrainian: очеви́дно (očevýdno)

seemingly

Arabic: ظَاهِرًا (ẓāhiran) Azerbaijani: görünür Belarusian: відаво́чна (vidavóčna), віда́ць (vidácʹ), пэ́ўна (péŭna) Bulgarian: наглед (bg) (nagled) Catalan: aparentment (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 看來／看来 (zh) (kànlai), 表面上看來／表面上看来 (biǎomiàn shang kànlai), 似乎 (zh) (sìhū), 貌似 (zh) (màosì) Czech: patrně (cs), zřejmě (cs) Danish: tilsyneladende, åbenbart, øjensynlig Dutch: schijnbaar (nl), ogenschijnlijk (nl) Esperanto: ŝajne (eo), verŝajne (eo) Finnish: näennäisesti (fi), näennäisen (fi) French: apparemment (fr), en apparence (fr) Galician: aparentemente German: scheinbar (de), anscheinend (de), augenscheinlich (de), dem Anschein nach Hebrew: כנראה (ka'nir'e) Hungarian: látszólag (hu) Italian: apparentemente (it) Japanese: (based on hearsay) (どうやら)…らしい ((dōyara) … rashii)) Kazakh: тәрізді (tärızdı) Latvian: redzams, redzami Lisu: ꓠꓸ ꓠꓸꓼ (nɑ́ nɑ́ɑ̱̀) Macedonian: навидум (navidum) Navajo: hanii Norwegian: tilsynelatende Polish: widocznie (pl), widać (pl), pozornie (pl), pewnie (pl), zapewne (pl) Portuguese: aparentemente (pt) Russian: по-ви́димому (ru) (po-vídimomu), каза́лось бы (kazálosʹ by), вида́ть (ru) (vidátʹ) Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: изгледа да, привидно Roman: izgleda da, prividno (sh) Slovak: zrejme, zdanlivo Spanish: aparentemente (es), al parecer Swedish: tydligen (sv) Tok Pisin: ating Turkish: görünüşe göre, besbelli (tr), görünüşe bakılırsa Ukrainian: мабу́ть (mabútʹ), пе́вно (pévno), либо́нь (uk) (lybónʹ), вида́ти (vydáty)

according to what the speaker has read or been told

Belarusian: па чутках (pa čutkax), кажуць (kažucʹ) Chinese: Mandarin: 據說／据说 (zh) (jùshuō) Danish: efter sigende (da) Dutch: blijkbaar (nl), kennelijk (nl), naar het schijnt Finnish: ilmeisesti (fi), näköjään French: apparemment (fr) Galician: seica, disque (gl) Georgian: თურმე (turme) German: angeblich (de), vorgeblich (de), anscheinend (de) Hungarian: állítólag (hu) Irish: is cosúil go Italian: sembra che Japanese: らしい (ja) (rashii), そう (ja) (sō) Latvian: šķietami Polish: podobno (pl), ponoć (pl), rzekomo (pl) Portuguese: supostamente (pt) Russian: по слухам (ru) (po sluxam), говорят (ru) (govorjat) Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais Slovak: údajne Spanish: al parecer, según parece, aparentemente (es), por lo visto, presuntamente, supuestamente (es), dizque (es) Tagalog: mandin Ukrainian: мабуть (mabutʹ)

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Translations to be checked

Slovak: (1) (please verify) zjavne, (2) (please verify) zrejme Swedish: (please verify) tydligen (sv)

References

• “apparently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “apparently”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.