as in apparently
to all outward appearances
a seemingly contented baby who was fast asleep in his crib
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Recent Examples of seemingly
The Fighting Irish seemingly send a tight end to the NFL every other year.
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2025
The seemingly unstoppable Club name hit turbulence earlier this year before clawing its way back into the green.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 May 2025
Cassie and Diddy had seemingly just begun seeing each other romantically.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
Not only were the Twins in the middle of a 13-game winning streak, but Correa seemingly found a groove at the plate after struggling into late April.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 27 May 2025
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2025
The seemingly unstoppable Club name hit turbulence earlier this year before clawing its way back into the green.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 May 2025
Cassie and Diddy had seemingly just begun seeing each other romantically.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
Not only were the Twins in the middle of a 13-game winning streak, but Correa seemingly found a groove at the plate after struggling into late April.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seemingly
Adverb
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The idea was apparently rejected by the movie’s insurance company, for fear that the drug would leave Cruise paralyzed forever.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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Cannes got its own cliff-hanger ending on Saturday, the final day of the 78th film festival, when a power outage, apparently caused by deliberate sabotage, shut down the power grid serving the city and much of the surrounding region.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
Adverb
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The tomb of Charles Feltman, a restaurateur who supposedly invented the hot dog, is nicer than my apartment.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Finding sand in your supposedly clean laundry is another sign.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
1 June 2025
Adverb
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The president visited Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, but not Israel, ostensibly America’s main ally in the region.—
Daniel Byman,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2025
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In one of his only performances as an ostensibly normal guy, Cruise brings magnificent dirtbag energy to War of the Worlds' Ray, a working-class deadbeat dad whose one weekend with his kids (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin) overlaps with an alien invasion.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
Adverb
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The location was evidently a sacred place where the ancient buried their dead and saber-tooth tigers snarled.—
Sean Kingsley,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
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Peele, the director of Get Out, Us and Nope, is evidently no stranger to comedy or voice acting and has had previous voice roles in films like Storks and Toy Story 4.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
23 May 2025
Adverb
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Valdez authored one of his finest starts as an Astro in what is probably his final season with the team.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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However, the end of the conversation was probably the headline – that Amodei refused to rule out AI becoming self-aware in key ways.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Adverb
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Reckoning playing Impossible Mission Agent Ethan Hunt for presumably the final time.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The barrage from deep had the Knicks on their heels despite a presumably safe lead.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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“Seemingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seemingly. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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