All 8 Uses of
apparent
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Let us add that if it is according to rule that the architecture of a building should be adapted to its purpose in such a manner that this purpose shall be immediately apparent from the mere aspect of the building, one cannot be too much amazed at a structure which might be indifferently—the palace of a king, a chamber of communes, a town-hall, a college, a riding-school, an academy, a warehouse, a court-house, a museum, a barracks, a sepulchre, a temple, or a theatre.†
Chpt 1.3.2
- "Foundling!" he said, after examining the object; "found, apparently, on the banks of the river Phlegethon."†
Chpt 1.4.1 *apparently = obviously or clearly; or seemingly so (appearing clear or obvious--though not necessarily so)
- Thanks to this precaution, which he always was careful to take at the moment when on the point of beginning an examination, he knew beforehand the names, titles, and misdeeds of the accused, made cut and dried responses to questions foreseen, and succeeded in extricating himself from all the windings of the interrogation without allowing his deafness to be too apparent.†
Chpt 1.6.1
- A secret desire for reconciliation was apparent in this gentle invitation which she gave him to approach her, and in the care which she took to call him by name.†
Chpt 2.7.1
- A glass mask, which Jehan noticed among the utensils of alchemy, and which served no doubt, to protect the archdeacon's face when he was working over some substance to be dreaded, lay in one corner covered with dust and apparently forgotten.†
Chpt 2.7.4apparently = obviously or clearly; or seemingly so (appearing clear or obvious--though not necessarily so)
- ; sometimes a word devoid of all apparent sense, ~Avayxoqpayia~, which possibly contained a bitter allusion to the regime of the cloister; sometimes a simple maxim of clerical discipline formulated in a regular hexameter ~Coelestem dominum terrestrem dicite dominum~.†
Chpt 2.7.4
- The loneliness of this chair made it apparent that only one person had a right to sit down in this apartment.†
Chpt 2.10.5
- The king's good humor since the revolt against the bailiff had been announced to him, made itself apparent in every way.†
Chpt 2.10.5
Definition:
clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so