as in apparently
to all outward appearances
a seemingly contented baby who was fast asleep in his crib
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Recent Examples of seemingly
That seemingly is the definition of failure.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
As the conflict in the Middle East enters its second month, all the major parties are doubling down on their positions, seemingly weighing the option of further escalation.
—James Legge, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Compared to the old scorebug, which was compact and unintrusive, the new one seemingly took up the entire upper left quarter of the screen.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Paramount+’s Star Trek efforts are seemingly taking a break in Spacedock.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2026
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
As the conflict in the Middle East enters its second month, all the major parties are doubling down on their positions, seemingly weighing the option of further escalation.
—James Legge, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Compared to the old scorebug, which was compact and unintrusive, the new one seemingly took up the entire upper left quarter of the screen.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Paramount+’s Star Trek efforts are seemingly taking a break in Spacedock.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seemingly
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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Our military bases in the region, Margaret, right now are supposedly uninhabitable.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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In Huerta’s case, critics just don’t buy how someone who carried Chávez’s torch decades after his death could all of a sudden supposedly turn on him.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 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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Markström, evidently unhappy at Shesterkin pushing Cotter, skated down the ice and asked Shesterkin to fight.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Zuck evidently can’t grow a beard, but Ezra Klein and Senator Chris Murphy have.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Adams, who did not answer my e-mails—an alpha move, no doubt—would probably have been proud.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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The pregnancy storyline this season is probably the most mature one the show’s had so far.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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So why was The Testaments the project to lead to her largest acting role — and, presumably, press circuit — in years?—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2026
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The musicians presumably had to rely heavily on loops in order to finish their tracks before the buzzer went off, and something is always slamming, scratching, or puttering away in the background.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Seemingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seemingly. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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