evidently

adverb

ˈe-və-dənt-lē How to pronounce evidently (audio)
Definition of evidentlynext
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 Mahomes finished 15 of 27 for 184 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception that was quite evidently the result of a miscommunication with Xavier Worthy. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 But he was not suspended and his contract was not voided, and the Raptors evidently are certain that his status will not be affected. — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Practical Magic 2 director Susanne Bier and co-writers Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett, and Kelly Marcel evidently asked themselves the same thing. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 Her fortune evidently changed in 1987, when curator John Hanhardt included her in the Whitney Biennial. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for evidently
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evidently
  1. apparently
  2. seemingly
  3. supposedly
  4. ostensibly
  5. probably
  6. presumably
Adverb
  • There wasn’t a penalty on the play, but the NFL apparently saw something amiss.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Commissioner Josh Davidson countered that Pourharton’s figures apparently didn’t include income from his commission on Valero gas sales or on lottery tickets.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of apparently
Adverb
  • The on-board algorithms that decide how and when to deploy the car's electrical hybrid power were seemingly thwarted by the drivers using less acceleration than usual to deal with the slippery conditions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • In Massachusetts and Maine, that approval is also contingent on the federal government finding a long-term solution to the seemingly intractable problem of storing radioactive nuclear waste.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of seemingly
Adverb
  • Given Polymarket’s popularity, its prices can feed back into the events its bets supposedly only predict.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Rogers was also aware that Lee, now supposedly an economics professor at a Chinese university, had an unusually intense interest in him.
    — Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of supposedly
Adverb
  • Pike is in critical condition and receiving life-saving medical care after being injected with two ostensibly fatal doses of pentobarbital, her attorneys said Thursday.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The kettle ostensibly includes a spout through which people are released as molecules are split from their collective bonds.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of ostensibly
Adverb
  • Brower and Simone learned that pigeons were a common source of food for people thousands of years ago and used the sun, and probably the earth's magnetic field, for navigation.
    — KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Jack Wolf Westwood Lincoln Riley talks a big game about excelling in the Big Ten, but in losing badly to Oregon and its backup quarterback, USC probably couldn’t win the Pac-12 this year.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of probably
Adverb
  • These messages, presumably written by students, are arguably reductive in their analysis.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Her former research partner has absconded with her life’s work, presumably to put toward greedy human means of Manifest Destiny.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of presumably

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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evidently. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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