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clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so- The effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the dry fields.
apparent = clear or obvious
- For all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent.
- The committee investigated some apparent discrepancies.
- 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
- 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
- Was it for me to kill the heir-apparent?William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1
- There is no immediately apparent pattern.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- 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
- "Ever hear of people being resuscitated after they have apparently drowned?"Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
- It became bitterly apparent that this separation was going to go on existing into the foreseeable future.John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me
- murder without apparent motiveTruman Capote -- In Cold Blood
- ...it was apparent that she felt there was some kind of injustice in the air.J.D. Salinger -- Franny and Zooey
- Father Kleinsorge's apparently negligible but unhealed cutsJohn Hersey -- Hiroshima
- He returned a few minutes later and announced the file was apparently misplaced.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- She talked about the way spring made the world burst into life after months of apparent death.David Almond -- Skellig
- He seemed in no hurry to go, and apparently was quite unconscious of his immediate danger.Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- a man was sitting, apparently asleep.Agatha Christie -- The ABC Murders
- One day, for no apparent reason, Mother broke all ties with Shirley.Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It
- Clayton said, "The girl who sells tickets at the theater—well, apparently she saw the whole thing."Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees
- but the hermit paid no attention to him—did not even hear him, apparently,Mark Twain -- The Prince and The Pauper
apparent = seeming (appearing to exist, but perhaps not existing)
apparent = seeming (appearing to be — though not necessarily so)
apparent = clear or obvious
apparent = appearing obvious
apparent = clear or obvious
apparently = obviously or clearly
apparently = seemingly (something appears to have happened, but may not have)
apparent = obvious (clear)
apparent = obvious
apparent = clear (obvious)
apparently = seemingly (appearing to be, but perhaps not really being)
apparently = obviously
apparent = seeming (appearing as such)
apparently = seemingly (appearing clear or obvious—though not necessarily so)
apparently = seemingly (appearing to be—though not necessarily so)
apparent = clear or obvious
apparently = seemingly (appearing clearly to be true—though not necessarily so)
apparently = seemingly (appearing clear or obvious—though not necessarily so)