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

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

Burn the tape Mazzulla evidently was not interested in reexamining his team’s six-game upset loss to the Knicks in last season’s Eastern Conference semifinals. —Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025

Palace evidently tired, and that cannot be ignored. —Mark Critchley, New York Times, 1 Dec. 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