adv.
Pronunciation: ' e-v ə -d ə nt-l ē , - ə - ˌ dent-, esp for 2 often ˌ ev- ə - ' dent-
Function: adverb
Date: 1609
1 : in an evident manner : CLEARLY , OBVIOUSLY <any style ⋯ so evidently bad or second-rate ― T. S. Eliot>
2 : on the basis of available evidence <he was born ⋯ evidently in Texas ― Robert Coughlan>