What does apparently mean?

apparently means "from appearances alone". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in apparently?

apparently has 4 syllables: ap-par-ent-ly. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /əˈpɛɹəntli/.

What is another word for apparently?

Close synonyms include seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it, obviously, evidently. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apparently a common word?

apparently is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

apparently — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

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”
“on the face of it the problem seems minor”
Synonymsseemingly 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”
Synonymsobviously evidently manifestly patently plainly plain
colloquialism

Questions about apparently

What does apparently mean?: apparently means "from appearances alone". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in apparently?: apparently has 4 syllables: ap-par-ent-ly. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /əˈpɛɹəntli/.
What is another word for apparently?: Close synonyms include seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it, obviously, evidently. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is apparently a common word?: apparently is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for apparently come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

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”
“on the face of it the problem seems minor”
Synonymsseemingly 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”
Synonymsobviously evidently manifestly patently plainly plain
colloquialism

Questions about apparently

What does apparently mean?: apparently means "from appearances alone". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in apparently?: apparently has 4 syllables: ap-par-ent-ly. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /əˈpɛɹəntli/.
What is another word for apparently?: Close synonyms include seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it, obviously, evidently. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is apparently a common word?: apparently is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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