seemingly
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3.7
- adverb
- /ˈsiːmɪŋli/
:
aparentemente
- The formula is seemingly so simple and straightforward.
- seemingly contradictory
- seemingly impossible
- seemingly endless
Those two sort of like seemingly divergent ideas.
- Those two sort of like seemingly divergent ideas.
- It's more complicated than Americans seemingly embracing a known monster.
- There are ways to restrict even seemingly collective goods like Fire Protection.
- So it was, you know, seemingly an impossible feat.
- The scandals had killed off American Quiz Show seemingly for good.
- Like there's all kinds of seemingly unavoidable losses that occur.
- And listen, not all seemingly carefree people have had an easy run.
- The murders were gruesome and seemingly out of the blue.
- It's a lot of young creators who are all seemingly quite close.
- How do you bridge that seemingly unbridgeable gap?
- Things are going well, you're both seemingly enjoying each other.
Examples
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It contains a seemingly random variety of plants and shrubs which supports insects and wildlife.
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The magician performed a seemingly impossible trick that left the audience in awe.
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Now let me ask you a seemingly easy question.
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The only alternative, seemingly, was to quit and throw away everything you worked so hard for out the door.
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I mean, there were so many weird, seemingly random things about the way they died.
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A seemingly ordinary house on an ordinary street.
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Why do I care about this seemingly mundane fact?
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How do you bridge that seemingly unbridgeable gap?
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Although young children are known for their seemingly boundless energy, occasionally they will want quiet time.
Academic text (1999) -
With over 80,000 schools in the United States, seemingly all undergoing reform, some are bound to improve.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
∞
2.8
Something that seems true from what you know or see but may not be
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3.4
Said to be true but not certain
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5.4
Said to be true but with no proof
43
7.5
In a way that seems true but may not be
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7.2
People claim it is true but it is not proven
12
5.5
Something looks true at first but may not be
Appearing to be correct or true but not really
How Apparent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word seemingly comes from the simple verb seem, which means 'to appear'. The ending -ly makes it a word that describes how something happens, 'in a way that appears', so seemingly means 'as it looks or seems', even if that may not be the whole truth.