evidently

adverb

ev·​i·​dent·​ly ˈe-və-dənt-lē 

-ə-ˌdent-,

especially for sense 2 often

ˌev-ə-ˈdent- 

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

Synonyms

• apparently
• ostensibly
• ostensively
• presumably
• putatively
• seemingly
• supposedly

Examples of evidently in a Sentence

Evidently you and I have different feelings on this issue.

“We seem to have different feelings on this issue.” “Evidently!”

Recent Examples on the Web

Those four are evidently Flick’s favourites, but Barca have a wealth of other options, not least Frenkie de Jong. —Laia Cervelló Herrero, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025

Editor’s picks The World War II wordplay was evidently a bridge too far for Greenblatt after the ADL had gone to bat for Musk in a statement on the inauguration salute that was widely seen as an abdication of the nonprofit’s exact purpose. —Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025

Sasaki was evidently under no illusions about the challenge lying before him in the majors. —Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025

That track record evidently wasn’t enough to sway Sasaki to sign with the Cubs. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

evidently

adverb

ev·​i·​dent·​ly ˈev-əd-ənt-lē  -ə-ˌdent- 

ˌev-ə-ˈdent-lē

: in an evident manner : obviously

a document evidently forged