apparently

English

Etymology

From apparent +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpæɹ.ənt.liː/
(US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /əˈpæɹ.ənt.li/, enPR: ə-părʹənt-lē
(US, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /əˈpɛɹ.ənt.li/
Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger): (file)

Adverb

apparently (comparative more apparently, superlative most apparently)

(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.
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.
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. […] "
(often sarcastic) According to what one can deduce.
- 2016, “Message Received”, in Steven Universe:
  Peridot: I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!
  Yellow Diamond: What do you know about the Earth?!
  Peridot: Apparently more than you, you clod!

Derived terms

Translations

(archaic) plainly

Arabic: ظَاهِرًا (ẓāhiran), عَلَى مَا يَبْدُو (ʕalā mā yabdū)
Hijazi Arabic: الظّاهر (aẓ-ẓāhir).
Basque: bide (eu)
Bengali: সাধারণভাবে (bn) (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), pelos vistos
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.