as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she was evidently dissatisfied with her job and abruptly quit
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Recent Examples of evidently
Casse says the horse has been training well, and the race evidently did not take too much out of him.
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 18 May 2025
Russia is playing for time, evidently, and amassing forces on the eastern frontline, drone images show, ahead of a likely summer offensive.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
That didn’t pan out, evidently, and SNL Polska was canceled after its initial 15-episode run.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 16 May 2025
And though the number has grown from 10% in 2014, this rise was largely sparked by the global need for reliable information during challenging times, and levels have been evidently settling since.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 May 2025
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 18 May 2025
Russia is playing for time, evidently, and amassing forces on the eastern frontline, drone images show, ahead of a likely summer offensive.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
That didn’t pan out, evidently, and SNL Polska was canceled after its initial 15-episode run.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 16 May 2025
And though the number has grown from 10% in 2014, this rise was largely sparked by the global need for reliable information during challenging times, and levels have been evidently settling since.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evidently
Adverb
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The idea was apparently rejected by the movie’s insurance company, for fear that the drug would leave Cruise paralyzed forever.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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Cannes got its own cliff-hanger ending on Saturday, the final day of the 78th film festival, when a power outage, apparently caused by deliberate sabotage, shut down the power grid serving the city and much of the surrounding region.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
Adverb
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There’s seemingly not much back-and-forth on the lyrical themes or specifics.—
Katherine Turman,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Over a dozen decided to vie for the four open seats on the board, seemingly prompted by controversy over what has become the No. 1 divisive issue in Idaho: LGBTQ+ Pride flags.—
Sarah A. Miller,
Idaho Statesman,
28 May 2025
Adverb
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The list is supposedly about accomplishments and Kirby has fewer in every single metric other than equal championships.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Juicing, hot yoga, and yes, dry brushing, all supposedly detoxify your body.—
Angela Palmer,
Verywell Health,
20 May 2025
Adverb
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The president visited Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, but not Israel, ostensibly America’s main ally in the region.—
Daniel Byman,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2025
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In one of his only performances as an ostensibly normal guy, Cruise brings magnificent dirtbag energy to War of the Worlds' Ray, a working-class deadbeat dad whose one weekend with his kids (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin) overlaps with an alien invasion.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
Adverb
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Wickham says, over the past year, she's probably spent 200 hours planning.—
Mia Venkat,
NPR,
31 May 2025
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However, the end of the conversation was probably the headline – that Amodei refused to rule out AI becoming self-aware in key ways.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Adverb
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Reckoning playing Impossible Mission Agent Ethan Hunt for presumably the final time.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The barrage from deep had the Knicks on their heels despite a presumably safe lead.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evidently. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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