All 6 Uses of
apparent
in
Lord of the Flies
- The beach between the palm terrace and the water was a thin stick, endless apparently, for to Ralph's left the perspectives of palm and beach and water drew to a point at infinity;
p. 10..3 *apparently = appearing so (though not really)
- Apparently no one had found anything.
p. 35..2apparently = obviously or clearly; or seemingly so (appearing clear or obvious--though not necessarily so)
- For a long time there was silence and no apparent movement.†
p. 90..9
- Other people could stand up and speak to an assembly, apparently, without that dreadful feeling of the pressure of personality; could say what they would as though they were speaking to only one person.
p. 103..7apparently = obviously or clearly; or seemingly so (appearing clear or obvious--though not necessarily so)
- Apparently no one had heard.
p. 109..9
- They were miles wide, apparently not breakers or the banked ridges of shallow water.
p. 110..6
Definition:
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(apparent) clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so