Dictionary definition for: Apparently
1. (r) from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land" "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned" "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face
2. (r) unmistakably (`plain" is often used informally for "plainly'') "the answer is obviously wrong" "she was in bed and evidently in great pain" "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list" "it is all patently nonsense" "she has apparent
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