What does to all appearances mean?

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to all appearances

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

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to all appearance (alternative) by all appearances (alternative) from all appearances (alternative)

What does to all appearances mean?: So far as anyone can tell by observation; apparently.

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