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Recent Examples of seemingly Renzi seems so pleased that Sheen is discussing this stuff at all that several seemingly necessary follow-up questions are never posed. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025 Once viewers are seemingly hooked on HBO Max, WBD would ideally like to charge more. Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025 That wasn’t the case on Tuesday, with the Israeli attack seemingly catching Qatar by surprise and off guard. Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Lightning can strike even when a storm has seemingly passed, so exercise caution. Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seemingly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seemingly
Adverb
  • You guys are apparently playing one more concert.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Whatever the case might be, there’s clearly at least one contingent in King Charles’ inner circle, which apparently includes Prince William, that would love for this Harry meeting to be a one-and-done.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The meeting was arranged at the last minute, in part because Harry was supposedly nervous about leaks, Griffiths also said.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These creations are supposedly already out in the wild.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • That action, even if ostensibly directed at Hamas, is likely to exacerbate tensions not only with Qatar but place increasing stress on the calculus allied Gulf Arab countries make in their dealings with Israel.
    David Mednicoff, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Comedian John Early’s directorial debut, ostensibly a pastiche of basic-cable TV movies, is not a parody, or a satire, or even a comedy.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Those watching on social media evidently agreed, with the clip earning over 120,000 views.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • No, not drugs—for the young Michael Clune, those would evidently come soon enough—but art.
    Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • That probably caught Giants fans off guard, but inside the Colts’ building?
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Those guys are minutes from each other, probably seeing each other on a weekly, daily basis.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Those leaders presumably enjoy expertise when deciding how to address safety concerns.
    Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Some point out that with the latest high-tech, such as eyeball scans, presumably people could be distinctly and suitably identified.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Seemingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seemingly. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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