apparently

English

Etymology

apparent +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpæɹ.ənt.liː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈpæɹ.ənt.liː/, enPR: ə-părʹənt-lē

• Audio (US)

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  (Mary–marry–merry merger)

Adverb

apparently (comparative more apparently, superlative most apparently)

1. (archaic) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.

   Synonyms: obviously, plainly, clearly, evidently, visibly; see also Thesaurus:obviously

   • 1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act 4, scene 1:

     If he should scorn me so apparently.

   • 1633, Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], Loues Sacrifice. A Tragedie […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Hugh Beeston, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     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.

2. Seemingly; in appearance.

   Synonyms: ostensibly, seemingly; see also Thesaurus:ostensibly

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

   • 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 197:

     The r-stems had apparently been reduced to the five nuclear kinship terms that still survive in Modern English.

3. According to what the speaker has read or heard.

   Synonyms: allegedly, reportedly

   Apparently you are quite a good dancer.

   • 2006, Lois Lewandowski, The Fatal Heir: A Gillian Jones Mystery, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 169:

     " […] Apparently they are going to contact the adoption agency and see if they can locate that child. […] "

Translations

(archaic) plainly

• Arabic: ظَاهِرًا (ẓāhiran), عَلَى مَا يَبْدُو (ʕalā mā yabdū)

  Hijazi Arabic: الظّاهر (aẓ-ẓāhir).

• Basque: bide (eu)
• Bengali: সাধারণভাবে (śadharonbhabe)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明明 (zh) (míngmíng), 顯然／显然 (zh) (xiǎnrán), 明顯／明显 (zh) (míngxiǎn)

• Czech: zjevně (cs)
• Danish: åbenbart
• Dutch: blijkbaar (nl), duidelijk (nl)
• Finnish: ilmeisesti (fi)
• French: apparemment (fr), évidemment (fr)
• Galician: evidentemente
• German: offensichtlich (de), offenbar (de)
• Hebrew: בבירור (beverúr)
• Hungarian: nyilvánvalóan (hu), láthatóan (hu), szemlátomást (hu)
• Italian: chiaramente (it), evidentemente (it)
• Japanese: 明らかに (ja) (あきらかに, akiraka ni), 一見 (ja) (いっけん, ikken), 明白に (めいはくに, meihaku ni), 思しい (おぼしい, oboshii)
• Latvian: acīm redzami, acīmredzot
• Polish: najwyraźniej
• Portuguese: claramente (pt), evidentemente (pt)
• Russian: очеви́дно (ru) (očevídno)
• Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais
• Slovak: zjavne, očividne, evidentne
• Spanish: evidentemente (es), obviamente (es), por lo visto
• Swedish: uppenbarligen (sv)
• Turkish: anlaşılan (tr)
• Ukrainian: очеви́дно (očevýdno)

seemingly

• Arabic: ظَاهِرًا (ẓāhiran)
• Azerbaijani: görünür
• Belarusian: відаво́чна (vidavóčna), віда́ць (vidácʹ), пэ́ўна (péŭna)
• Bulgarian: наглед (bg) (nagled)
• Catalan: aparentment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 看來／看来 (zh) (kànlai), 表面上看來／表面上看来 (biǎomiàn shang kànlai), 似乎 (zh) (sìhū), 貌似 (zh) (màosì)

• Czech: patrně (cs), zřejmě (cs)
• Danish: tilsyneladende, åbenbart, øjensynlig
• Dutch: schijnbaar (nl), ogenschijnlijk (nl)
• Esperanto: ŝajne (eo), verŝajne (eo)
• Finnish: näennäisesti (fi), näennäisen (fi)
• French: apparemment (fr), en apparence (fr)
• Galician: aparentemente
• German: scheinbar (de), anscheinend (de), augenscheinlich (de), dem Anschein nach
• Hebrew: כנראה (ka'nir'e)
• Hungarian: látszólag (hu)
• Italian: apparentemente (it)
• Japanese: (based on hearsay) (どうやら)…らしい ((dōyara) … rashii))
• Kazakh: тәрізді (tärızdı)
• Latvian: redzams, redzami
• Lisu: ꓠꓸ ꓠꓸꓼ (nɑ́ nɑ́ɑ̱̀)
• Macedonian: навидум (navidum)
• Navajo: hanii
• Norwegian: tilsynelatende
• Polish: widocznie (pl), widać (pl), pozornie (pl), pewnie (pl), zapewne (pl)
• Portuguese: aparentemente (pt)
• Russian: по-ви́димому (ru) (po-vídimomu), каза́лось бы (kazálosʹ by), вида́ть (ru) (vidátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: изгледа да, привидно

  Roman: izgleda da, prividno (sh)

• Slovak: zrejme, zdanlivo
• Spanish: aparentemente (es), al parecer
• Swedish: tydligen (sv)
• Tok Pisin: ating
• Turkish: görünüşe göre, besbelli (tr), görünüşe bakılırsa
• Ukrainian: мабу́ть (mabútʹ), пе́вно (pévno), либо́нь (uk) (lybónʹ), вида́ти (vydáty)

according to what the speaker has read or been told

• Belarusian: па чутках (pa čutkax), кажуць (kažucʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 據說／据说 (zh) (jùshuō)

• Danish: efter sigende (da)
• Dutch: blijkbaar (nl), kennelijk (nl), naar het schijnt
• Finnish: ilmeisesti (fi), näköjään
• French: apparemment (fr)
• Galician: seica, disque (gl)
• Georgian: თურმე (turme)
• German: angeblich (de), vorgeblich (de), anscheinend (de)
• Hungarian: állítólag (hu)
• Irish: is cosúil go
• Italian: sembra che
• Japanese: らしい (ja) (rashii), そう (ja) (sō)
• Latvian: šķietami
• Polish: podobno (pl), ponoć (pl), rzekomo (pl)
• Portuguese: supostamente (pt)
• Russian: по слухам (ru) (po sluxam), говорят (ru) (govorjat)
• Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais
• Slovak: údajne
• Spanish: al parecer, según parece, aparentemente (es), por lo visto, presuntamente, supuestamente (es), dizque (es)
• Tagalog: mandin
• Ukrainian: мабуть (mabutʹ)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Slovak: (1) ^{(please verify)} zjavne, (2) ^{(please verify)} zrejme
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} tydligen (sv)

References

• “apparently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “apparently”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.