EVIDENTLY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

evidently

adverb

ˈe-və-dənt-lē

Definition of evidently

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 We are evidently best adapted to store enough but not too much. — Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026 But with the Red Sox evidently set on their major-league catching options, Knizner is looking elsewhere. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Arendt, evidently depressed and convinced of life’s meaninglessness, found his teaching electrifying. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Playfulness aside, as dogs inspire it, patrols and inspections are evidently carried out daily. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for evidently

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Because apparently groceries need to be accelerated urgently.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026
Clancy then ingested prescription medication, slashed her wrists and neck with a knife, and apparently threw herself head first out of a second-story window, resulting in permanent paralysis from the sternum down.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of apparently

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And a winning streak that began in the Iowa cornstalks and — seemingly against all odds — continued for nine games, ended with a 9-2 Phillies loss in Seattle.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Shein, which built its empire—seemingly overnight—on $5 tops and $10 dresses that cannily kept pace with rapidly shifting trends, did not respond to a request for comment.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of seemingly

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What also rang true for me was the way that, in the course of the season, Deborah said no to so many of the ideas her writers had supposedly submitted.

— Merrill Markoe, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
The drone boat itself supposedly carried explosives, according to Miruță’s comments, as reported by Reuters.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of supposedly

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Diplomacy is ostensibly still underway — Pakistan’s leader is due in Iran today, Oman’s foreign minister tomorrow — and Iran’s politicians have called for an end to war with the US.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026
No one seems bothered that nearly everyone has an Aussie accent, despite this film ostensibly unfolding 100 miles away from Los Angeles (the film was shot in Queensland).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of ostensibly

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Not a forest by any means, but a small woods where there are squirrels and chipmunks, probably snakes and skunks, rabbits and, now and then, passing through on some mysterious transient route, a deer or a family of deer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
And that’s probably going to be an extra big problem when people are cooped up at a remote mining outpost.

— Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of probably

Adverb

Yet, on TikTok, on Threads, and, presumably, in innumerable group texts, a contrarian consensus has flourished.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
That is, as my colleague David Hudnall wrote a day earlier, presumably to avoid a petition forcing a public vote.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

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