apparently (
http://definr.com/apparently)
adv 1: from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper
crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is
seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had
been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really
concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the
problem seems minor" [syn:
seemingly,
ostensibly,
on the face of it]
2: unmistakably; "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in
bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too
important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all
patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here
for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but
apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; (`plain' is
often used informally for `plainly' as in "he is plain
stubborn") [syn:
obviously,
evidently,
manifestly,
patently,
plainly,
plain]