definition of
apparently

[1] #1 apparently r. [seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it] 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. wn

[2] #2 apparently r. [obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, plainly, plain] 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. wn