apparently

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   unmistakably or obvious

   It's apparently clear that learning a new language is difficult.

2. 2
   adv

   from appearances alone

   irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land

3. 3
   adv

   Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.

   If he should scorn me so apparently.

4. 4
   adv

   Seemingly; in appearance.

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

5. 5
   adv

   According to what the speaker has read or heard.

   Apparently you are quite a good dancer.

6. 6
   adv

   According to what one can deduce.

   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!

Etymology

From apparent + -ly.