evidently

adverb

ev·​i·​dent·​ly ˈe-və-dənt-lē 

-ə-ˌdent-

especially for sense 2 often

ˌev-ə-ˈdent- 

1

: in an evident manner : clearly, obviously

… any style … so evidently bad or second-rate …

—T. S. Eliot

2

: on the basis of available evidence

He was born … evidently in Texas …

—Robert Coughlan

Synonyms of evidently

• apparently
• seemingly
• supposedly
• ostensibly
• probably
• presumably

Examples of evidently in a Sentence

Evidently you and I have different feelings on this issue.

“We seem to have different feelings on this issue.” “Evidently!”

Recent Examples on the Web

Trump goes at least that far, and beyond, evidently under a theory that the courts will have a hard time keeping up with — much less permanently prohibiting — many ICE actions. —David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026

Martin Scorsese evidently picked up on her offbeat intensity, casting her as a punky ice-cream-truck driver in one of his weirdest and most fun films, After Hours. —Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026

Pretti was shot while agents were evidently seeking to detain a man, Jose Huerta-Chuma, whom Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino said had an extensive criminal record including domestic assault. —Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2026

Her appearance at the show was evidently a surprise, according to archival news footage from AP. —Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

evidently

adverb

ev·​i·​dent·​ly ˈev-əd-ənt-lē  -ə-ˌdent- 

ˌev-ə-ˈdent-lē

: in an evident manner : obviously

a document evidently forged