APPARENTLY

[adverb]Apparently means 'it appears', esp. when you are not certain of the truth of the information you are going to give, or want to distance yourself from it.Well, apparently she's had enough of this country and she's heading off to Africa.Apparently, we have to change all the labels on the books during the next week.An eighty-year-old woman was badly hurt in what the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack (= it appeared to have no purpose, such as stealing).People also use apparently to mean 'in fact' when the real situation is different from what they thought it was.You know I told you Alice's party was on the 13th, well I saw her last night and apparently it's on the 14th.She looks about 12 but apparently she's 14.I thought they were married but apparently not (= they are not married).