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Definition of apparently adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

apparently

adverb
 
/əˈpærəntli/
 
/əˈpærəntli/
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  1. according to what you have heard or read; according to the way something appears
    • Apparently they are getting divorced soon.
    • I thought she had retired, but apparently she hasn't.
    • He paused, apparently lost in thought.
    • The government was apparently unaware of the magnitude of the crisis.
    • The security forces were apparently taken by surprise.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryApparently is used with these adjectives:
    • arbitrary
    • casual
    • content
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See apparently in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee apparently in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
sufficiently
adverb
 
 
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