apparently

Meanings

• from appearances alone; ; ; -Thomas Hardy
  • "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"
• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
  • "she has apparently been living here for some time"
  • "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"

Synonyms

evidently, manifestly, obviously, on the face of it, ostensibly, patently, plain, plainly, seemingly