apparently

English

Etymology

apparent +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpaɹəntli/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈpæɹ.ɨnt.li/
Audio (US) (file)

Adverb

apparently (comparative more apparently, superlative most apparently)

(archaic) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors
  If he should scorn me so apparently.
- (Can we date this quote by John Ford?)
  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.
Seemingly; in appearance only.
A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
According to what the speaker has read or heard.
Apparently you are quite a good dancer.
- 2006, Lois Lewandowski, The Fatal Heir: A Gillian Jones Mystery, iUniverse, 978-0-595-39843-0, page 169:
  " […] Apparently they are going to contact the adoption agency and see if they can locate that child. […] "

Synonyms

(in a way that is manifest): obviously, plainly, clearly, evidently
(in appearance only): ostensibly, seemingly
(according to what one has heard): allegedly

Translations

plainly

Arabic: ظَاهِرًا‎ (ẓāhiran), عَلَى مَا يَبْدُو‎ (ʿalā mā yabdū)
Hijazi Arabic: الظّاهر‎ (aẓẓāhir).
Basque: bide (eu)
Bengali: সাধারণভাবে (Sadharanbhabe)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 明明 (zh) (míngmíng), 顯然 (zh), 显然 (zh) (xiǎnrán), 明顯 (zh), 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: please add this translation if you can
Italian: apparentemente (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)
Belarusian: відаво́чна (vidavóčna), віда́ць (vidácʹ), пэ́ўна (péŭna)
Catalan: aparentment (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 看來 (zh), 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, näennäisen (fi)
French: apparemment (fr)
Galician: aparentemente
German: scheinbar (de), anscheinend (de), augenscheinlich (de), dem Anschein nach
Hebrew: כנראה‎ (ka'nir'e)
Italian: apparentemente (it)
Japanese: (based on hearsay) (どうやら)…らしい ((dōyara) … rashii))

Latvian: redzams, redzami
Navajo: hanii
Norwegian: tilsynelatende
Polish: widocznie (pl), widać (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)
Ukrainian: мабу́ть (mabútʹ), пе́вно (pévno), либо́нь (uk) (lybónʹ), вида́ти (vydáty)

according to what the speaker has read or been told

Chinese:
Mandarin: 據說 (zh), 据说 (zh) (jùshuō)
Danish: efter sigende
Dutch: blijkbaar (nl), kennelijk (nl), naar het schijnt
Finnish: ilmeisesti (fi), näköjään
German: angeblich (de), vorgeblich (de), anscheinend (de)
Irish: is cosúil go
Italian: apparentemente (it)

Japanese: らしい (ja) (rashii), そう (ja) (sō)
Latvian: šķietami
Portuguese: supostamente (pt)
Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais
Slovak: údajne
Spanish: al parecer, según parece, aparentemente (es), por lo visto, presuntamente, supuestamente (es), dizque (es)
Tagalog: mandin

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
apparently at OneLook Dictionary Search

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