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clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so

apparent = clear or obvious

apparent = seeming (appearing to exist, but perhaps not existing)

It is only left for us to prove that these apparent 'impossibilities' are, in reality, not such.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue

apparent = seeming (appearing to be — though not necessarily so)

His only apparent ambition, like Dave's, was to be left alone; though, as Buck was afterward to learn, each of them possessed one other and even more vital ambition.
Jack London -- The Call of the Wild

apparent = clear or obvious

Was it for me to kill the heir-apparent?
William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1

apparent = appearing obvious

There is no immediately apparent pattern.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

apparent = clear or obvious

I'd thought seeing a therapist was supposed to make you feel better, not worse, but apparently, it was more complicated than that.
Sarah Dessen -- Just Listen

apparently = obviously or clearly

"Ever hear of people being resuscitated after they have apparently drowned?"
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy

apparently = seemingly (something appears to have happened, but may not have)

It became bitterly apparent that this separation was going to go on existing into the foreseeable future.
John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me

apparent = obvious (clear)

apparent = obvious

...it was apparent that she felt there was some kind of injustice in the air.
J.D. Salinger -- Franny and Zooey

apparent = clear (obvious)

Father Kleinsorge's apparently negligible but unhealed cuts
John Hersey -- Hiroshima

apparently = seemingly (appearing to be, but perhaps not really being)

I had thought about turning ourselves in lots of times, but apparently the whole idea was a jolt to Dallas.
S.E. Hinton -- The Outsiders

apparently = obviously or clearly

He returned a few minutes later and announced the file was apparently misplaced.
Louis Sachar -- Holes

apparently = obviously

She talked about the way spring made the world burst into life after months of apparent death.
David Almond -- Skellig

apparent = seeming (appearing as such)

He seemed in no hurry to go, and apparently was quite unconscious of his immediate danger.
Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel

apparently = seemingly (appearing clear or obvious—though not necessarily so)

apparently = seemingly (appearing to be—though not necessarily so)

One day, for no apparent reason, Mother broke all ties with Shirley.
Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It

apparent = clear or obvious

but the hermit paid no attention to him—did not even hear him, apparently,
Mark Twain -- The Prince and The Pauper

apparently = seemingly (appearing clear or obvious—though not necessarily so)

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