apparently

English

Etymology

From apparent +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈpaɹəntli/
• (US) IPA: /əˈpæɹ.ɨnt.li/

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Adverb

apparently (comparative more apparently, superlative most apparently)

1. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare,

     If he should scorn me so apparently.

2. Seemingly; in appearance only.

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

3. According to what the speaker has read or been told.

   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: ظاهرًا (ar) (Zaahiran), على ما يبدو (ar) (3álaa maa yábdu)
• Basque: bide (eu)
• Bengali: সাধারণভাবে (bn) (Sadharanbhabe)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明明 (cmn) (míngmíng), 顯然 (cmn), 显然 (cmn) (xiǎnrán)

• Czech: zjevně (cs)
• Danish: åbenbart (da)
• Dutch: blijkbaar (nl), duidelijk (nl), onomwonden (nl)
• Finnish: ilmeisesti (fi)
• French: apparemment (fr), évidemment (fr)
• 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 (ja) (めいはくに, meihaku-ni), 思しい (ja) (おぼしい, oboshii)
• Polish: najwyraźniej
• Russian: очевидно (ru) (očevídno) 
• Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais (gd)
• Slovak: zjavne (sk), očividne (sk), evidentne (sk)
• Spanish: evidentemente (es), obviamente (es), por lo visto (es)
• Swedish: uppenbarligen (sv)
• Turkish: anlaşılan (tr)

seemingly

• Arabic: ظاهرًا (ar) (Zaahiran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 看來 (cmn), 看来 (cmn) (kànlai), 似乎 (cmn) (sìhu)

• Danish: tilsyneladende (da)
• Dutch: schijnbaar (nl), ogenschijnlijk (nl)
• Esperanto: ŝajne (eo), verŝajne (eo)
• Finnish: näennäisesti (fi), näennäisen (fi)
• French: apparemment (fr)
• German: scheinbar (de), anscheinend (de)
• Hebrew: כנראה (ka'nir'e)
• Italian: apparentemente (it)
• Japanese: (based on hearsay) (どうやら (ja) (dōyara))...らしい (ja) (rashii)

• Norwegian: tilsynelatende (no)
• Portuguese: aparentemente (pt)
• Russian: по-видимому (ru) (po-vídimomu) , казалось бы (ru) (kazálos' by) 
• Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: изгледа да (sh), привидно (sh)

  Roman: izgleda da (sh), prividno (sh)

• Slovak: zrejme (sk), zdanlivo (sk)
• Spanish: aparentemente (es), al parecer (es)
• Swedish: tydligen (sv)
• Tok Pisin: ating (tpi)

According to what the speaker has read or been told

• Danish: efter sigende (da)
• Dutch: blijkbaar (nl), kennelijk (nl)
• Finnish: ilmeisesti (fi)
• German: angeblich (de), vorgeblich (de), anscheinend (de)
• Irish: is cosúil go (ga)
• Italian: apparentemente (it)

• Japanese: らしい (ja) (rashii), そう (ja) (sō)
• Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais (gd)
• Slovak: údajne (sk)
• Spanish: al parecer (es), según parece (es), aparentemente (es), presuntamente (es), supuestamente (es)

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 Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Slovak: zjavne (1), zrejme (2)

• Swedish: tydligen (sv)

References

• apparently in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• apparently at OneLook Dictionary Search