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Definition
clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so
- His apparent partiality had subsided, his attentions were over, he was the admirer of some one else.Chapter 26 (85% in)
- 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.Chapter 9 (7% in)
- 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 neighbourhood had of him should then be overthrown?Chapter 47 (26% in)
- It was exactly a scene, and exactly among people, where he had apparently least to do, and least temptation to go.Chapter 51 (88% in)
- 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.Chapter 57 (72% in)
There are no more uses of "apparent" in Pride and Prejudice.
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