APPARENTLY


Meaning of APPARENTLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əpærəntli ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

You use apparently to indicate that the information you are giving is something that you have heard, but you are not certain that it is true.

Oil prices fell this week to their lowest level in fourteen months, apparently because of over-production.

ADV : ADV with cl / group , ADV before v [ vagueness ]

2.

You use apparently to refer to something that seems to be true, although you are not sure whether it is or not.

The recent deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession...

ADV : ADV with cl / group , ADV before v

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