evidently
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3.5
- adverb
- /ˈɛvɪdəntli/
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evidentemente
- Evidently, he cares very deeply about two things: His own job and taking care of his buddies on Wall Street.
- quite evidently
- evidently so
- self-evidently
It's hollow, you know, and evidently that's like the hell underneath us.
- It's hollow, you know, and evidently that's like the hell underneath us.
- Well, now, evidently that may be possible.
- But you've evidently evolved well to to run on all fours.
- And evidently you had deodorant in your hand.
- And this is evidently a very controversial topic.
- His mistake evidently had been in viewing them as individuals.
- My brain evidently is not working today, so stick with me folks.
- I mean, evidently because of my boxing, I lost, what, the first three fights?
- So First things first, there's this fallacy, evidently, that we use only a percentage of our brain.
- And you know, as much as I think I'm immune to that kind of self doubt, evidently I'm not.
- So it's fine because you can use your mascara doubled up as an eyebrow gel, evidently.
- It feels self evidently the only logical way to react to this set of circumstances.
Examples
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His mistake evidently had been in viewing them as individuals.
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The evidence was evidently clear; there was no doubt about what happened.
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Well, now, evidently that may be possible.
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So I did this little talk and evidently they enjoyed it.
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My brain evidently is not working today, so stick with me folks.
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I was walking down to the beach and evidently hit some wet rocks and took a pretty hard fall.
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And this is evidently a very controversial topic.
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And she was evidently gifting these to visitors as well, these pieces.
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She's quite all right, but she evidently had a harrowing experience on her walk this morning.
Fiction book (1990) -
Evidently it looks prehistoric, like maybe a dinosaur.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
In a way that is easy to see or understand
∞
1.0
In a way that leaves no doubt
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3.2
In a way that is clear and easy to notice
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1.8
In a clear and obvious way that is easy to understand
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5.6
Clearly easy to see or understand
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4.1
In a very clear way that people cannot mistake
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5.6
In a way that is very clear to everyone
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3.9
In a clear way people can easily understand
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5.5
In a way that is obvious and needs no explanation
In a way that can be easily noticed
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evidently comes from evidence, which comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and videre 'to see'. So something evident is like 'seen out' or 'seen clearly' from the facts, and evidently means 'clearly' or 'obviously'.