Standard Lemma guide

apparently

adv · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈpæɹəntli/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /əˈpaɹəntlɪj/
  • US: /əˈpæɹəntli/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • US: ə-părʹənt-lē without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /əˈpɛɹəntli/ US, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada
  • US: Mmmm Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /əˈpaɾəntle/
  • Wales: /əˈpaɾəntli/
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 P EH1 R AH0 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: obviously, plainly, clearly, evidently, visibly, apparently, blatantly, baitly, eyely, glaringly, manifestly, noticeably, obvi, openly, observably, overtly

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Seemingly; in appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ostensibly, seemingly, apparently, at first blush, at first glance, at first sight, on the face of it, on the surface, outwardly, prima facie, superficially, surfacely, to all appearances

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

According to what the speaker has read or heard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Apparently you are quite a good dancer.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: allegedly, reportedly

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

According to what one can deduce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: often, sarcastic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adverb

Meaning 5

unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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 apparently been living here for some time
  • I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
  • You are plainly wrong
  • he is plain stubborn

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, plainly, plain

Antonyms: none provided

6

adverb

Meaning 6

from appearances alone-Thomas Hardy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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
  • on the face of it the problem seems minor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ظَاهِرًا (ẓāhiran) — (archaic) plainly
  • Arabic: عَلَى مَا يَبْدُو (ʕalā mā yabdū) — (archaic) plainly
  • Arabic: الظّاهر (aẓ-ẓāhir) — (archaic) plainly
  • Basque: bide — (archaic) plainly
  • Bengali: সাধারণভাবে (śadharonbhabe) — (archaic) plainly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 明明 (míngmíng) — (archaic) plainly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顯然 /显然 (xiǎnrán) — (archaic) plainly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 明顯 /明显 (míngxiǎn) — (archaic) plainly
  • Czech: zjevně — (archaic) plainly
  • Danish: åbenbart — (archaic) plainly
  • Dutch: blijkbaar — (archaic) plainly
  • Dutch: duidelijk — (archaic) plainly
  • Finnish: ilmeisesti — (archaic) plainly
  • French: apparemment — (archaic) plainly
  • French: évidemment — (archaic) plainly
  • Galician: evidentemente — (archaic) plainly
  • German: offensichtlich — (archaic) plainly
  • German: offenbar — (archaic) plainly
  • Hebrew: בבירור (beverúr) — (archaic) plainly
  • Hindi: दृष्ट्या (dŕṣṭyā) — (archaic) plainly
  • Hungarian: nyilvánvalóan — (archaic) plainly
  • Hungarian: láthatóan — (archaic) plainly
  • Hungarian: szemlátomást — (archaic) plainly
  • Italian: chiaramente — (archaic) plainly
  • Italian: evidentemente — (archaic) plainly
  • Japanese: 明らかに (akiraka ni) — (archaic) plainly
  • Japanese: 一見 (ikken) — (archaic) plainly
  • Japanese: 明白に (meihaku ni) — (archaic) plainly
  • Japanese: 思しい (oboshii) — (archaic) plainly
  • Latvian: acīm redzami — (archaic) plainly
  • Latvian: acīmredzot — (archaic) plainly
  • Polish: najwyraźniej — (archaic) plainly
  • Portuguese: claramente — (archaic) plainly
  • Portuguese: evidentemente — (archaic) plainly
  • Russian: очеви́дно (očevídno) — (archaic) plainly
  • Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais — (archaic) plainly
  • Slovak: zjavne — (archaic) plainly
  • Slovak: očividne — (archaic) plainly
  • Slovak: evidentne — (archaic) plainly
  • Slovak: zrejme — (archaic) plainly
  • Spanish: por lo visto — (archaic) plainly
  • Swedish: uppenbarligen — (archaic) plainly
  • Turkish: anlaşılan — (archaic) plainly
  • Ukrainian: очеви́дно (očevýdno) — (archaic) plainly
  • Afrikaans: skynbaar — seemingly
  • Afrikaans: oënskynlik — seemingly
  • Afrikaans: klaarblyklik — seemingly
  • Afrikaans: blykbaar — seemingly
  • Arabic: ظَاهِرًا (ẓāhiran) — seemingly
  • Azerbaijani: görünür — seemingly
  • Belarusian: відаво́чна (vidavóčna) — seemingly
  • Belarusian: віда́ць (vidácʹ) — seemingly
  • Belarusian: пэ́ўна (péwna) — seemingly
  • Bulgarian: наглед (nagled) — seemingly
  • Catalan: aparentment — seemingly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 看來 /看来 (kànlai) — seemingly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 表面上看來 /表面上看来 (biǎomiàn shang kànlai) — seemingly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 似乎 (sìhū) — seemingly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貌似 (màosì) — seemingly
  • Czech: patrně — seemingly
  • Czech: zřejmě — seemingly
  • Danish: tilsyneladende — seemingly
  • Danish: åbenbart — seemingly
  • Danish: øjensynlig — seemingly
  • Dutch: schijnbaar — seemingly
  • Dutch: ogenschijnlijk — seemingly
  • Esperanto: ŝajne — seemingly
  • Esperanto: verŝajne — seemingly
  • Finnish: näennäisesti — seemingly
  • Finnish: näennäisen — seemingly
  • French: apparemment — seemingly
  • French: en apparence — seemingly
  • Galician: aparentemente — seemingly
  • German: scheinbar — seemingly
  • German: anscheinend — seemingly
  • German: augenscheinlich — seemingly
  • German: dem Anschein nach — seemingly
  • Hebrew: כנראה (ka'nir'e) — seemingly
  • Hindi: दृष्ट्या (dŕṣṭyā) — seemingly
  • Hungarian: látszólag — seemingly
  • Italian: apparentemente — seemingly
  • Japanese: (どうやら)...らしい) — seemingly
  • Kazakh: тәрізді (tärızdı) — seemingly
  • Latvian: redzams — seemingly
  • Latvian: redzami — seemingly
  • Lisu: ꓠꓸ ꓠꓸꓼ (nɑ́ nɑ́ɑ̱̀) — seemingly
  • Lithuanian: matyt — seemingly
  • Macedonian: навидум (navidum) — seemingly
  • Navajo: hanii — seemingly
  • Norwegian: tilsynelatende — seemingly
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tydelegvis — seemingly
  • Polish: widocznie — seemingly
  • Polish: widać — seemingly
  • Polish: pozornie — seemingly
  • Polish: pewnie — seemingly
  • Polish: zapewne — seemingly
  • Portuguese: aparentemente — seemingly
  • Portuguese: pelos vistos — seemingly
  • Russian: по-ви́димому (po-vídimomu) — seemingly
  • Russian: каза́лось бы (kazálosʹ by) — seemingly
  • Russian: вида́ть (vidátʹ) — seemingly
  • Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais — seemingly
  • Serbo-Croatian: изгледа да — seemingly
  • Serbo-Croatian: привидно — seemingly
  • Serbo-Croatian: izgleda da — seemingly
  • Serbo-Croatian: prividno — seemingly
  • Slovak: zrejme — seemingly
  • Slovak: zdanlivo — seemingly
  • Spanish: aparentemente — seemingly
  • Spanish: al parecer — seemingly
  • Spanish: por lo visto — seemingly
  • Spanish: según parece — seemingly
  • Spanish: por la cuenta — seemingly
  • Swedish: tydligen — seemingly
  • Tok Pisin: ating — seemingly
  • Turkish: görünüşe göre — seemingly
  • Turkish: besbelli — seemingly
  • Turkish: görünüşe bakılırsa — seemingly
  • Ukrainian: мабу́ть (mabútʹ) — seemingly
  • Ukrainian: пе́вно (pévno) — seemingly
  • Ukrainian: либо́нь (lybónʹ) — seemingly
  • Ukrainian: вида́ти (vydáty) — seemingly
  • Belarusian: па чутках (pa čutkax) — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Belarusian: кажуць (kažucʹ) — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Chinese Mandarin: 據說 /据说 (jùshuō) — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Danish: efter sigende — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Dutch: blijkbaar — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Dutch: kennelijk — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Dutch: naar het schijnt — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Finnish: ilmeisesti — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Finnish: näköjään — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • French: apparemment — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Galician: seica — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Galician: disque — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Georgian: თურმე (turme) — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • German: angeblich — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • German: vorgeblich — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • German: anscheinend — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Hungarian: állítólag — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Irish: is cosúil go — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Italian: sembra che — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Japanese: らしい (rashii) — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Japanese: そう (sō) — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Latvian: šķietami — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Polish: podobno — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Polish: ponoć — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Polish: rzekomo — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Portuguese: aparentemente — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Portuguese: ao que parece — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Portuguese: pelo que parece — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Portuguese: supostamente — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Portuguese: pelo visto — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Portuguese: pelos vistos — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Russian: по слухам (po sluxam) — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Russian: говорят (govorjat) — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Slovak: údajne — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Spanish: al parecer — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Spanish: según parece — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Spanish: aparentemente — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Spanish: por lo visto — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Spanish: dizque — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Spanish: por la cuenta — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Tagalog: mandin — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Tamil: -ஆம் (-ām) — according to what the speaker has read or been told
  • Ukrainian: мабуть (mabutʹ) — according to what the speaker has read or been told
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