Apparently - Definition
apparently
adv 1: 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 of it the
problem seems minor" [syn: apparently, seemingly,
ostensibly, on the face of it]
2: 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 apparently been living here for some
time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not";
"You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn:
obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently,
apparently, plainly, plain]