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aˈpparently, adv.
[f. apparent a. + -ly2.]
†1. Evidently or manifestly to the sight; visibly, openly. Obs.
a1400Chester Pl. i. 1 Pagentes set fourth apparently to all eyne. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 16 In this stone is apparantly seene verie often the verie forme of a Tode. 1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. xvi. §11. 273 The Prophets..who saw not God apparently like unto Moyses.
2. Evidently or manifestly to the understanding; clearly, plainly.
1553J. Heywood Play of Wether, Our dedes declare us apparauntly. 1644Quarles Boanerges & Barn. (1881) 93 When thou knowest not apparently, judge charitably. 1770Junius Lett. Pref. 21 Cutting off ears and noses..penalties so apparently shocking to humanity. 1853H. Rogers Ecl. Faith 138 The malady, which is but too apparent, is also as apparently without a remedy.
3. To external appearance; seemingly. (Distinguished from, though not necessarily opposed to, really.)
1566Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 49 The Bischoppis..hes had heirtofoir sick authoritie upoun thy subjectis, that appearandly thei war rather King, and thow the subject. 1646Row Hist. Kirk (1842) Introd. 25, I left him appirandlie in a better case then I fand him. 1794S. Williams Hist. Vermont 126 They found many frogs apparently inactive. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sc. I. xxi. 493 A cannon-ball..would have its flight apparently arrested.
4. So far as it appears from the evidence; so far as one can judge; seemingly.
1846J. Ryland in Foster's Life (1846) II. 107 It has been remarked, and apparently with truth. 1877W. Lytteil Landm. ii. ii. 57 This early ecclesiastic has a church in Kintyre, and another apparently in Glen Sannocs, Arran. |