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
The group evidently believes Kansas City's recent uptick in performance coupled with Rashee Rice's return from a six-game suspension will allow the Chiefs to cruise to a victory over their divisional rivals.
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Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Pay-per-view will dominate British television coverage of football Pay-per-view television was all the rage at the turn of the century, and was evidently proving successful in boxing.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Some, evidently, don’t regularly check their email either.
—Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
The personality was evidently deliberately neutered.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
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Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Pay-per-view will dominate British television coverage of football Pay-per-view television was all the rage at the turn of the century, and was evidently proving successful in boxing.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Some, evidently, don’t regularly check their email either.
—Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
The personality was evidently deliberately neutered.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evidently
Adverb
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Generally, what happens to the White House’s trash is secret—at least as of 2018, which was apparently the last time the federal government released any information on where Oval Office garbage goes.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Lollapalooza show, the group says, was apparently manifested by the guitarist Parkinson.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The series follows the slow and halting coming together of Noah, reeling from a broken relationship, and Joanne (Kristen Bell), an agnostic podcaster with seemingly little in common with the spiritual leader.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, the present era is an epoch in which wars go on seemingly forever—now simmering, now boiling—without end.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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After filming wrapped, someone who supposedly knew everything about the season contacted the women and said that Tamra had been leaking every detail about production.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The new online encyclopedia, which suffered technical difficulties upon launch, uses xAI’s Grok large language model to pull information and supposedly prioritize objectivity.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Inspired by executive producer and Kardashian’s real-life divorce attorney Laura Wasser (who is also rumored to have been the model for the Laura Dern character in Marriage Story), All’s Fair ostensibly means to explore how these women’s careers inform their personal lives, and vice versa.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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The administration keeps portraying its actions as part of a counternarcotics operation—ostensibly the first such operation in history to require the use of an aircraft carrier.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Louisville would probably look quite different if the founder of Brown-Forman never became the first whiskey maker to bottle and seal his liquor.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Sports betting is probably as old as sports itself.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Those ideas presumably included Kirk’s anti-trans stance, given that her own daughter is trans.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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The changes could, presumably, cover the entire county, but there is no timetable for passage of the ordinance.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evidently. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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