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

Promoting Tsunoda to the main squad seemed an obvious fix to the Perez problem, but Red Bull bosses Christian Horner and Helmut Marko evidently believed otherwise. —ArsTechnica, 26 Mar. 2025

But last year, wielding power was evidently a drag on leaders’ popularity, for reasons apparently not rooted in the specifics of the politics of their countries. —Moisés Naím, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025

Many Republicans evidently still believe Trump will reduce the annual inflation rate to zero. —Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025

In the City Under the Mountain, evidently the lone enclave on Earth where humans still live, the Queen (Amara Okereke) comes to Gray Alys and asks to be given the power of a werewolf. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 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