adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
apparently/seemingly random
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a wave of apparently random attacks
apparently/seemingly unaware
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The man, apparently unaware that he was being filmed, tried to break into the house.
seemingly impossible (= seeming to be impossible )
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He managed to win the chess game from a seemingly impossible position.
seemingly/apparently oblivious
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Congress was seemingly oblivious to these events.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
contradictory
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Many of these seemingly contradictory properties of the agents are related to dose.
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The editors of Consumer Reports Travel Letter thus were struck by the seemingly contradictory results of three recent airline quality reports.
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With these two seemingly contradictory attitudes in mind, underline all the adjectives you've used.
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The new account of his life shows a complex and at times seemingly contradictory person.
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Case said these seemingly contradictory deals were simple exercises in economic balance of power.
endless
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His words came out in a seemingly endless flow of support and approbation.
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From more than a mile away, the figures are swallowed by the seemingly endless Everglades.
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Everywhere we looked, around every corner, over every rise, a seemingly endless array of lochs and lochans beckoned.
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To some critics, this seemingly endless procession of school fund-raisers has a serious drawback.
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The range of environmental services on offer is seemingly endless - from environmental auditing to public relations.
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There are few hills to break the seemingly endless vista of lakes and forests.
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The past year has charted a rocky course for the Rialto and its advocates, with seemingly endless trials and tribulations.
impossible
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However, the new minister on arrival soon found that he was faced with a seemingly impossible task.
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Thick white branches arch as far out as the tree is tall, sometimes at seemingly impossible angles.
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As far as motion video, in particular, is concerned, the constraints of available technology force multimedia into a seemingly impossible situation.
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Sexually menacing and effeminately feral, he prowled cat-like across the stage, perching on amps and lights in seemingly impossible positions.
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The measure of his heart is how he deals with adversity and the way he overcomes a seemingly impossible situation.
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Not only a master, but a natural comedian, because he found humour in seemingly impossible situations.
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The men can freelance, depend on their height to make seemingly impossible moves.
innocent
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This caution obviously arises from the need to minimize the risk of long-term side-effects caused by seemingly innocent new substances.
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One turned up with the same tiny, seemingly innocent substitution.
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Each team was well aware of the danger that lurked on the seemingly innocent roads.
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Her fantasies, though seemingly innocent , have some genetic connection to his psychopathic deceits.
innocuous
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Whatever censorship takes place in libraries, even of seemingly innocuous indecent material, can reverberate elsewhere.
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Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.
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Some were communiqu s from extremist groups overseas; others were seemingly innocuous .
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It behooves companies to tread carefully in this area because even seemingly innocuous questions can get them into trouble.
interminable
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For several seemingly interminable seconds no one moved as the coolly brooding glance subjected her to a flagrantly masculine appraisal.
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The seemingly interminable day was finally reaching its dark conclusion.
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Her labour was, like her pregnancy, seemingly interminable and difficult.
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The system thus avoids the seemingly interminable delays that bedevil on-line services when they are used to transmit graphics.
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And there was all that seemingly interminable , lonely hanging around.
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As of Saturday, both of those seemingly interminable droughts had ended, meaning that only the wait for Magic Johnson remains.
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As of Saturday, both seemingly interminable droughts were over, sending historians in the organization scurrying for the record book.
intractable
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Even more seemingly intractable problems will be posed by attempts to store virtual reality.
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Although here, too, Chicago had fared better than many older cities, unemployment remained a serious, seemingly intractable problem.
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It provided simple answers to seemingly intractable questions.
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Do not concern yourself with this seemingly intractable problem.
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It should be one which presents a seemingly intractable problem.
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What he was really saying, though, is that we face seemingly intractable problems and that the solutions will be difficult.
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But remember: you have to believe that the seemingly intractable problem can be cracked.
simple
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A seemingly simple recipe for a secure investment has, however, developed complications worthy of a 007 plot.
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The seemingly simple act of snap, hold and kick turned into fodder for blooper highlights.
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They may be as seemingly simple , even cornball, as Walt Disney.
unaware
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Nowadays he is a sanctimonious old man seemingly unaware of his own involvement in the problems of his family.
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The casual lawyer is telling his story somberly seemingly unaware of any of the hubbub around us.
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She turned the page with elegant fingers, seemingly unaware that Frankie had entered the room.
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He has grown reclusive in recent years, seemingly unaware that he is no longer under house arrest.
unrelated
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Changes to any part of the system may make it necessary to change other seemingly unrelated components.
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Three seemingly unrelated items came together in a way...
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I looked down at the seemingly endless expanse of green of the Serengeti Plain.
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Running a mile in under 4 minutes was a seemingly impossible task.
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The music was strange, seemingly without a melody.
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There is seemingly nothing we can do to stop the plans from going ahead.
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We now have a seemingly endless choice of TV channels.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Charles Nagy was the opposite, seemingly ready to be assisted out of Camden Yards a half-dozen times.
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Every year, in fact, seemingly more celebrations, demonstrations and displays mark its passing.
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For several seemingly interminable seconds no one moved as the coolly brooding glance subjected her to a flagrantly masculine appraisal.
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I could see my hand, lying palm upwards and seemingly a great distance from me.
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It is a long and seemingly insurmountable list of challenges to the health and survival of the reef.
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It was pretty carefully set up: First, a report of a seemingly scientific study.
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One by one, the aged tottered in, each one seemingly more decrepit than the one before.
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She talked about the language for some time, seemingly against her better judgment, drawn by his earnest desire to learn.