evidently
adverb
ev·i·dent·ly
ˈe-və-dənt-lē 
-ə-ˌdent-
especially for sense 2 often
ˌev-ə-ˈdent-
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!”
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In the summer of 1943, less than a year after Wise’s press conference, a member of the Polish resistance named Jan Karski came to Washington to give the still evidently unbelieving American officialdom another report on the Holocaust, then in its peak period of factory killing.
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Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Sound design was evidently a clear focus of yours with this film.
—Blake Simons, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
The attitude evidently was catching.
—Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
The boys — Nico, 5, and Noah, 3 — evidently knew what was happening.
—Tim Reynolds, Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2026
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Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Sound design was evidently a clear focus of yours with this film.
—Blake Simons, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
The attitude evidently was catching.
—Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
The boys — Nico, 5, and Noah, 3 — evidently knew what was happening.
—Tim Reynolds, Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for evidently
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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evidently. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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evidently
adverb
ev·i·dent·ly
ˈev-əd-ənt-lē
-ə-ˌdent-
-ə-ˌdent-
ˌev-ə-ˈdent-lē
: in an evident manner : obviously
a document evidently forged
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