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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The only tie in which they were evidently outclassed was the 5-1 humbling by Benfica, who scored three times inside 20 second-half minutes and could have had more.
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Chris Waugh, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
That has evidently proven to be a source of some frustration for the Reddit user’s son, prompting his father to take to social media to share his mild annoyance at what has happened.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
And standing aside for someone new to come in — such as the 36-year-old Klein, who presumably will embrace the very things that evidently were disrupting Klieman’s sense of the job — should bring with it a certain sense of closure to what Klieman did for K-State.
—Kansas City Star, 4 Dec. 2025
The deal is really a testament to the vitality of the Aventura submarket, Miami’s broader market tailwinds, and most evidently, our teams’ capabilities.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
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Chris Waugh, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
That has evidently proven to be a source of some frustration for the Reddit user’s son, prompting his father to take to social media to share his mild annoyance at what has happened.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
And standing aside for someone new to come in — such as the 36-year-old Klein, who presumably will embrace the very things that evidently were disrupting Klieman’s sense of the job — should bring with it a certain sense of closure to what Klieman did for K-State.
—Kansas City Star, 4 Dec. 2025
The deal is really a testament to the vitality of the Aventura submarket, Miami’s broader market tailwinds, and most evidently, our teams’ capabilities.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
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 15 Dec. 2025.
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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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