adv
Meaning 1
As it appears; apparently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
seemingly
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmɪŋli/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈsimɪŋli/
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California, Southern: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈsiːmɪŋli/
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CMU ARPABET: S IY1 M IH0 NG L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
In a seemly manner; decorously; with propriety.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
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: apparently, ostensibly, on the face of it
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English semyngly, equivalent to seeming + -ly.
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