apparently
英[ə'pærəntlɪ]
美[ə'pærəntli]
英英释意
- 1. from appearances alone;
- "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"
- "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"
- "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy
- "on the face of it the problem seems minor"
- 2. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly');
- "the answer is obviously wrong"
- "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"
- "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"
- "it is all patently nonsense"
- "she has apparently been living here for some time"
- "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"
- "You are plainly wrong"
- "he is plain stubborn"