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单词 seemingly
释义

seemingly

adverb

seem·​ing·​ly ˈsē-miŋ-lē How to pronounce seemingly (audio)
: outwardly or apparently
used to indicate how something appears or seems
a seemingly simple problem [=a problem that seems simple]a seemingly endless project [=a project that seems to have no end]The balance of nature—an ideal state in which every species is in its right place—is seemingly being upended. Bryan WalshThese were years in which seemingly every city authority from Adelaide to Oslo had set its heart on the construction of an unsurpassably iconic building … Ellis WoodmanThen, in 1929, taste arbiter Emily Post sanctioned a seemingly irreversible shift in manners: "No rule of etiquette is of less importance than which fork we use." Douglas BrennerDumbledore had most of the remaining Death Eaters grouped in the middle of the room, seemingly immobilized by invisible ropes. J. K. Rowling

Synonyms

  • apparently
  • evidently
  • ostensibly
  • ostensively
  • presumably
  • putatively
  • supposedly
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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1616, in the meaning defined above

seemingly

adverb

as in apparently
to all outward appearances a seemingly contented baby who was fast asleep in his crib

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • apparently
  • supposedly
  • ostensibly
  • evidently
  • likely
  • presumably
  • probably
  • visibly
  • obviously
  • ostensively
  • perhaps
  • maybe
  • putatively
  • clearly
  • possibly
  • surely
  • distinctly
  • outwardly
  • on the surface
  • allegedly
  • believably
  • reportedly
  • externally
  • purportedly
  • conceivably
  • credibly
  • manifestly
  • presumedly
  • positively
  • professedly
  • supposably
  • assumably
  • reputedly
  • assuredly
  • perchance
  • plainly
  • mayhap
  • self-evidently

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • incredibly
  • impossibly
  • improbably
  • implausibly
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