All 50 Uses of
apparent
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- On turning round the owner saw Danglars behind him, apparently awaiting orders, but in reality also watching the young sailor,—but there was a great difference in the expression of the two men who thus followed the movements of Edmond Dantes.†
Chpt 1-2
- He clung to one idea—that of his happiness, destroyed, without apparent cause, by an unheard-of fatality; he considered and reconsidered this idea, devoured it (so to speak), as the implacable Ugolino devours the skull of Archbishop Roger in the Inferno of Dante.†
Chpt 15-16
- Dantes' eyes sparkled with joy, and he rubbed his hands with delight at the idea of a plan so simple, yet apparently so certain to succeed.†
Chpt 17-18 *
- Time, which encrusts all physical substances with its mossy mantle, as it invests all things of the mind with forgetfulness, seemed to have respected these signs, which apparently had been made with some degree of regularity, and probably with a definite purpose.†
Chpt 23-24
- In the evening, Julie told her mother, that although he was apparently so calm, she had noticed that her father's heart beat violently.†
Chpt 29-30
- …stage, he leaned from his box and began attentively scrutinizing the beauty of each pretty woman, aided by a powerful opera-glass; but, alas, this attempt to attract notice wholly failed; not even curiosity had been excited, and it was but too apparent that the lovely creatures, into whose good graces he was desirous of stealing, were all so much engrossed with themselves, their lovers, or their own thoughts, that they had not so much as noticed him or the manipulation of his glass.†
Chpt 33-34
- Franz could not forbear breaking in upon the apparently interesting conversation passing between the countess and Albert, to inquire of the former if she knew who was the fair Albanian opposite, since beauty such as hers was well worthy of being observed by either sex.†
Chpt 33-34
- Their repast consisted apparently of bread and sausages.†
Chpt 35-36
- In prison he had suffered his beard to grow; his head fell on his shoulder, his legs bent beneath him, and his movements were apparently automatic and unconscious.†
Chpt 35-36
- In consequence, he brought them the key of his own—at least such was the apparent motive of his visit.†
Chpt 35-36
- It would have required the penetration of Oedipus or the Sphinx to have divined the irony the count concealed beneath these words, apparently uttered with the greatest politeness.†
Chpt 41-42
- The jeweller examined attentively the interior of the inn and the apparent poverty of the persons who were about to sell him a diamond that seemed to have come from the casket of a prince.†
Chpt 43-44
- The thunder growled in the distance; but it was apparently not heard by the jeweller, Caderousse, or La Carconte, absorbed as they were all three with the demon of gain.†
Chpt 43-44
- Ali turned his intelligent countenance towards the boy, on whom he gazed without any apparent emotion; but the spasmodic working of the nostrils showed to the practiced eye of Monte Cristo that the Arab had been wounded to the heart.†
Chpt 47-48
- Monte Cristo, although apparently indifferent, had not lost one word of this conversation, and his penetrating eye had even read a hidden secret in the embarrassed manner of the secretary.†
Chpt 53-54
- "Really, my dear M. Bertuccio," said the count, "since you have been in Paris, you have become quite nervous, and apparently out of your element; you no longer seem to understand me."†
Chpt 53-54
- The major awaited the conclusion of the postscript, apparently with great anxiety.†
Chpt 55-56
- He did seek, and has found him, apparently, since he is here now; and, finally, my friend apprised me of your coming, and gave me a few other instructions relative to your future fortune.†
Chpt 55-56
- This may appear to you to be no unusual combination of circumstances; nevertheless, I perceive some hidden plot in the arrangement—something, in fact, more than is apparent on a casual view of the subject.†
Chpt 57-58
- Never had the struggle between mind and matter been more apparent than now, and if it was not a sublime, it was, at least, a curious spectacle.†
Chpt 59-60
- "The apparent reason, at least," said Madame de Villefort.†
Chpt 59-60
- Debray was petrified, not only to hear Danglars speak so calmly and politely, but because it was apparent that beneath outward politeness there really lurked a determined spirit of opposition to anything his wife might wish to do.†
Chpt 65-66
- Yes; summoned by M. de Villefort, who is apparently as anxious to get Mademoiselle Valentine married as M. Danglars is to see Mademoiselle Eugenie settled.†
Chpt 67-68
- Noirtier let his head fall upon his chest, apparently overwhelmed and thoughtful; then he closed one eye, in token of inquiry.†
Chpt 71-72
- It was an imposing sight to witness this old man, apparently a mere useless burden, becoming the sole protector, support, and adviser of the lovers who were both young, beautiful, and strong.†
Chpt 73-74
- "I saw Madame de Saint-Meran only last year at Marseilles, when I was coming back from Algiers," said Chateau-Renaud; "she looked like a woman destined to live to be a hundred years old, from her apparent sound health and great activity of mind and body.†
Chpt 73-74
- These apparently simple words pierced Morrel to the heart.†
Chpt 73-74
- It was then, especially while conversing with Madame Danglars, and apparently absorbed by the charm of the conversation, that the count noticed M. Andrea Cavalcanti's solicitude, his manner of listening to the music at the door he dared not pass, and of manifesting his admiration.†
Chpt 75-76
- At their ball; it was apparent enough.†
Chpt 75-76
- "My dear host, and you, signora," said Albert, in Italian, "excuse my apparent stupidity.†
Chpt 77-78
- "What man?" said Andrea carelessly, apparently forgetting him whom he but too well recollected.†
Chpt 81-82
- Many attendants or apparent precautions would prevent the villain from the attempt, and M. de Monte Cristo would lose the opportunity of discovering an enemy whom chance has revealed to him who now sends this warning to the count,—a warning he might not be able to send another time, if this first attempt should fail and another be made.†
Chpt 81-82
- Having dined with his usual tranquillity and moderation, the count, making a signal to Ali to follow him, went out by the side-gate and on reaching the Bois de Boulogne turned, apparently without design towards Paris and at twilight; found himself opposite his house in the Champs-Elysees.†
Chpt 81-82
- "What is it?" said Albert; "arranging your papers, apparently."†
Chpt 85-86
- The one M. de Villefort is preparing against my amiable assassin—some brigand escaped from the gallows apparently.†
Chpt 85-86
- The editor was reading, with apparent delight, a leading article in the same paper on beet-sugar, probably a composition of his own.†
Chpt 85-86
- "I mean," said Albert, drawing near, and without apparently noticing Cavalcanti, who stood with his back towards the fireplace—"I mean to propose a meeting in some retired corner where no one will interrupt us for ten minutes; that will be sufficient—where two men having met, one of them will remain on the ground."†
Chpt 87-88
- Although apparently not noticing Albert, he did not, however, lose sight of him, and when the curtain fell at the end of the second act, he saw him leave the orchestra with his two friends.†
Chpt 87-88
- Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparent.†
Chpt 91-92
- He had apparently given previous orders, for as he reached the bottom step his carriage came from the coach-house ready for him.†
Chpt 91-92
- "What?" said the latter with apparent coolness, but with deep emotion, "have you another invalid?"†
Chpt 93-94
- The former was confiding to the latter his grief and fear, for it was the second time within a month that death had suddenly and unexpectedly entered that house which was apparently destined to destruction by some exterminating angel, as an object of God's anger."†
Chpt 93-94
- Eugenie, apparently calm, although in all probability her heart beat somewhat faster than usual, went out in her turn.†
Chpt 97-98
- —Wake Madame de Villefort!" cried the procureur from the door of his chamber, which apparently he scarcely dared to leave.†
Chpt 101-102
- This fourth murder is apparent to all, and if thy father abandon thee, Valentine, it is I, and I swear it, that shall pursue the assassin.†
Chpt 103-104
- The count frowned, apparently in gloomy hesitation.†
Chpt 105-106
- As we have before said, the postchaise was waiting; four powerful horses were already pawing the ground with impatience, while Ali, apparently just arrived from a long walk, was standing at the foot of the steps, his face bathed in perspiration.†
Chpt 111-112
- The house, with all its crumbling antiquity and apparent misery, was yet cheerful and picturesque, and was the same that old Dantes formerly inhabited—the only difference being that the old man occupied merely the garret, while the whole house was now placed at the command of Mercedes by the count.†
Chpt 111-112
- Another proof that he was a native of the universal country was apparent in the fact of his knowing no other Italian words than the terms used in music, and which like the "goddam" of Figaro, served all possible linguistic requirements.†
Chpt 113-114
- Morrel soon perceived a man standing among the rocks, apparently awaiting a sign from them to advance, and pointed him out to Valentine.†
Chpt 117
Definition:
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(apparent) clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so