All 5 Uses of
apparent
in
Pride and Prejudice
- Had she found Jane in any apparent danger, Mrs. Bennet would have been very miserable; but being satisfied on seeing her that her illness was not alarming, she had no wish of her recovering immediately, as her restoration to health would probably remove her from Netherfield.†
p. 41.4
- His apparent partiality had subsided, his attentions were over, he was the admirer of some one else.†
p. 147.2 *
- As that was the case, neither Jane, to whom I related the whole, nor I, thought it necessary to make our knowledge public; for of what use could it apparently be to any one, that the good opinion which all the neighborhood had of him should then be overthrown?†
p. 270.9apparently = obviously or clearly; or seemingly so (appearing clear or obvious--though not necessarily so)
- It was exactly a scene, and exactly among people, where he had apparently least to do, and least temptation to go.†
p. 302.8
- 'After mentioning the likelihood of this marriage to her ladyship last night, she immediately, with her usual condescension, expressed what she felt on the occasion; when it become apparent, that on the score of some family objections on the part of my cousin, she would never give her consent to what she termed so disgraceful a match.†
p. 343.4
Definition:
clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so