Sample Sentences for
apparent
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    For all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent.
    apparent = seemingly obvious
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    By midday Jonas's absence would become apparent, and would be a cause for serious concern.  (source)
    apparent = obvious
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    When it was apparent that the shadow wasn't coming back he...  (source)
    apparent = clear (obvious)
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    Apparently, Brian pulled the kid over 'cause he had a broken taillight and was speeding.  (source)
    Apparently = seemingly (appearing to be--though not necessarily so)
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    Suddenly, for no apparent reason, the boy's horse began to slow.  (source)
    apparent = clear or obvious
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    Be unapparent and flat.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unapparent means not and reverses the meaning of apparent. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    She moved probably a little like Jack, a little unapparently, she probably just seemed to get from one place to another, floating majestically through her life until the day the internist informed them otherwise.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unapparently means not and reverses the meaning of apparently. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    He returned a few minutes later and announced the file was apparently misplaced.  (source)
    apparently = obviously
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    A suspicious malady, no apparent Westing connection, somehow Sydelle Pulaski did not seem to fit in.  (source)
    apparent = obvious
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    Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure.†  (source)
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    and apparently they make their clothes from jewels.  (source)
    apparently = seeming obvious--though not necessarily so
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    Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.  (source)
    apparent = what looked like
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    Those playing made that quiet study of him which is so unapparent, and yet invariably so searching.†  (source)
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