seemingly

adverb

ˈsē-miŋ-lē How to pronounce seemingly (audio)
Definition of seeminglynext
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 The rush to capitalize on AI developers’ seemingly bottomless demand for computing power has produced some phantom projects and long-shot pitches. — Matt Day, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026 But O’Flynn also recalled thinking deeply about the character even during that seemingly basic chat. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026 Wireless telecom won by proving the seemingly impossible could happen another way. — Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The residents who reportedly spoke to Negre seemingly echoed comments from Juan Jesús Vivas, Ceuta's mayor-president. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seemingly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seemingly
  1. apparently
  2. supposedly
  3. ostensibly
  4. evidently
  5. probably
  6. presumably
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • It was evidently lost amid the flood of congratulatory messages that arrived on campus that day, and Calhoun didn’t remember it.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of evidently
Adverb
  • 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
Definition of presumably

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