as in apparently
to all outward appearances
she was evidently dissatisfied with her job and abruptly quit
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Recent Examples of evidently
Zuck evidently can’t grow a beard, but Ezra Klein and Senator Chris Murphy have.
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
The Heat tried to land Antetokounmpo ahead of February’s trade deadline, but the Milwaukee Bucks evidently either had no interest in dealing away Antetokounmpo at that time and/or wasn’t interested in Miami’s trade package.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
There’s evidently a limit to how far an actor will go in compromising their ability to portray a more youthful person.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 25 Mar. 2026
Everyone had a ‘party period,’ but this is someone who evidently got lost along the way.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
The Heat tried to land Antetokounmpo ahead of February’s trade deadline, but the Milwaukee Bucks evidently either had no interest in dealing away Antetokounmpo at that time and/or wasn’t interested in Miami’s trade package.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
There’s evidently a limit to how far an actor will go in compromising their ability to portray a more youthful person.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 25 Mar. 2026
Everyone had a ‘party period,’ but this is someone who evidently got lost along the way.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evidently
Adverb
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Even at an early age, apparently, the patient had a few small, smooth, normal patches of skin; some had stayed the same size, but others had grown and spread.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Granville Suite, once military reception rooms, is named after Christine Granville, rumored lover of Ian Fleming and apparently Churchill’s favorite spy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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University City is filled with yellow rezoning signs and cleared land seemingly on every corner.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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Professionals in Mexico’s arts community had protested the initially vague plans to export the collection of 160 artworks, seemingly for an indefinite period of time, to the Santander bank’s new cultural center, the Faro Santander.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Plenty of developments are alarming right now, even as America is supposedly becoming great again.—
Beverly Gage,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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The president himself chose not to name a new full-time national security adviser after removing Mike Waltz, who had included a journalist in supposedly secure communications regarding military action.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In January 1979, the shah left Iran, ostensibly to seek cancer treatment.—
Jeffrey Fields,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2026
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Which means your job is ostensibly to try to make people better bosses, right?—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Grocery prices will probably be a bit higher.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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In all fairness, the intense focus on all of this over the past three years probably has made the play, which was a courageous piece to write in 2023, feel less fresh.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Javan Buchanan - Fifth-year forward Buchanan had presumably finished his college career the same night that Boise State’s season ended with a disappointing Mountain West Tournament first-round loss to San Jose State.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Apr. 2026
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Altman’s share would presumably be worth more.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evidently. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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