All 9 Uses of
apparent
in
1984 by Orwell
- It was apparent that she was uttering a prayer.†
p. 16..6 *
- But yesterday, at any rate, during the Two Minutes Hate, she had sat immediately behind him when there was no apparent need to do so.†
p. 61..9
- The thing was doubly attractive because of its apparent uselessness, though he could guess that it must once have been intended as a paperweight.†
p. 95..9
- One tuft was of two colors, magenta and brick-red, apparently growing on the same root.†
p. 134..6
- It was true that she regarded the whole war as a sham: but apparently she had not even noticed that the name of the enemy had changed.†
p. 154..2
- And in thinking this he remembered, without apparent relevance, how a few weeks ago he had seen a severed hand lying on the pavement and had kicked it into the gutter as though it had been a cabbage-stalk.†
p. 165..6
- Apparently I have.†
p. 230..8
- They talked desultorily for some minutes, then, without apparent reason, a yell from the telescreen bade them be silent.†
p. 231..7
- Each time he straightened his pudgy knees it was apparent that they were trembling.†
p. 232..6
Definition:
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(apparent) clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so