All 12 Uses of
apparent
in
Starship Troopers
- The Fleet Sergeant looked over my papers and said glumly, "Apparently you both are almost insufferably healthy-except for holes in the head.†
Chpt 2apparently = obviously or clearly; or seemingly so (appearing clear or obvious--though not necessarily so)
- At last he stepped out in front of us, shook his head, and said, apparently to himself but he had a voice that carried: "To think that this had to happen to me!"†
Chpt 3
- They put on white shirts and walked around upright with their silly canes, apparently calmly certain that even a recruit would not intentionally shoot an instructor — which may have been overconfidence on the part of some of them.†
Chpt 5
- This seems impossible but the military histories agree that it is true — apparently most shots weren't really aimed but simply acted to force the enemy to keep his head down and interfere with his shooting.†
Chpt 5
- It was too simple for them, apparently, since anybody could do it, using only the patience and firmness needed in training a puppy.†
Chpt 8
- I like jewelry and had rather resented being required to leave it all behind when I went to Basic ....but here was a type of jewelry which was apparently okay to wear with uniform.†
Chpt 10
- Those poor dogs didn't wait to be captured; apparently most of them suicided as soon as they made contact.†
Chpt 10
- Apparently Carl had intimated to her that I had more money than was good for me, for she decided that the night before was just the time for her to get acquainted with the local champagne.†
Chpt 11
- She is a very smart woman and understands what you apparently do not, namely, that she is not in the line of command and has no authority.
Chpt 12 *apparently = obviously; or seemingly (appearing clear or obvious--though not necessarily so)
- Fiddlework, apparently — officers' club officer, morale officer, athletics officer, public information officer, recreation officer, PX officer, transportation officer, legal officer, chaplain, assistant chaplain, junior assistant chaplain, officer-in-charge of anything anybody can think of, even — nursery officer!†
Chpt 13apparently = obviously or clearly; or seemingly so (appearing clear or obvious--though not necessarily so)
- He added, "I mention that because some 'young gentlemen' who have been assigned to me apparently had read such a regulation.†
Chpt 13
- The special-mission unit landed about a dozen times in my area, each time going through the same apparently pointless routine; then they moved on into the Fifth Regiment's grid.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so