apparently
/əˈpæɹəntli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.80 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
Seemingly; in appearance.
adv
According to what the speaker has read or heard.
adv
According to what one can deduce.
Example Sentences
- "If he should scorn me so apparently."
- "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."
- "A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart."
- "The r-stems had apparently been reduced to the five nuclear kinship terms that still survive in Modern English."
- "According to one account, Brianna grew distracted while they were shopping and told Kellie she would be right back before stepping outside. Brianna apparently returned tense and agitated, unwilling to say what was bothering her."
- "Apparently you are quite a good dancer."
Etymology
Etymology tree English apparent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English apparently From apparent + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈpæɹəntli/
- British English: /əˈpæɹəntli/
Inflected Forms
more apparently (comparative)
most apparently (superlative)