All 12 Uses of
apparent
in
The War of the Worlds
- Apparently they were busy getting ready for a struggle.†
Chpt 1.9apparently = obviously or clearly; or seemingly so (appearing clear or obvious--though not necessarily so)
- Apparently the Martians were setting fire to everything within range of their Heat-Ray.†
Chpt 1.9
- Apparently his neck had been broken.
Chpt 1.10 *apparently = clearly or obviously
- The Martian who had been overthrown crawled tediously out of his hood, a small brown figure, oddly suggestive from that distance of a speck of blight, and apparently engaged in the repair of his support.†
Chpt 1.15apparently = obviously or clearly; or seemingly so (appearing clear or obvious--though not necessarily so)
- Apparently he tossed them into the great metallic carrier which projected behind him, much as a workman's basket hangs over his shoulder.†
Chpt 2.1
- Most of its arms were retracted, but with three long tentacles it was fishing out a number of rods, plates, and bars which lined the covering and apparently strengthened the walls of the cylinder.†
Chpt 2.2
- On Mars, however, just the reverse has apparently been the case.†
Chpt 2.2
- Apparently the vegetable kingdom in Mars, instead of having green for a dominant colour, is of a vivid blood-red tint.†
Chpt 2.2
- Apparently it had taken a lump of coal to examine.†
Chpt 2.4
- Apparently, the Martian had taken it all on the previous day.†
Chpt 2.5
- A jeweller's window had been broken open in one place, but apparently the thief had been disturbed, and a number of gold chains and a watch lay scattered on the pavement.†
Chpt 2.8
- Apparently they had learned something of my story from me during the days of my lapse.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so