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evidently(dictionary)

evidently (iou)



evidently adverb. LME.
[from EVIDENT + -LY2.]
So as to be distinctly visible or perceptible; without possibility of mistake or misunderstanding. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Gibbon An act which evidently disclosed his intention of transmitting the empire to his descendants.
Plainly, obviously. Now usu. parenthetically or modifying a sentence: it is plain (that); it would seem (that); seemingly, apparently; (as a comment on a statement or a reply to a question) so it appears. L16.
D. Hume Reason was so evidently on their side. T. Hardy A frame of embroidered card-boardevidently the work of feminine hands. J. Kosinski The audience..evidently approved his words. F. Swinnerton Evidently they were brother and sister. New York Times Werblin does not speak to his former partners and, when asked why, will say curtly: 'Evidently, I don't like them.' R. Rendell 'Were they old pals or something?' 'Evidently'