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

The ending in del Toro’s Frankenstein is evidently one of bittersweet hope. —Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025

The newsmagazine’s producers evidently agreed that those moments weren’t the most newsworthy. —Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025

The pontiff—the world’s most famous White Sox fan—was evidently following the baseball playoffs (in which, yes, the Cubs lost to the Brewers in the National League Division Series). —Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025

Miami’s priority should have been, and now evidently was, replacing Grier with a proven, accomplished GM given the power to replace or retain McDaniel for one more try. —Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025

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