apparently
/əˈpeɹəntli/uh-PEH-ruhnt-lee
/əˈpɛɹəntli/uh-PEH-ruhnt-lee
Meaningin a clear-to-see way
Common meaning: as far as one can tell
- apto, towards (form of ad-)
- parto appear; to obeyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1303 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘to appear’ → apparently
Journey through time
- Latinpāreō, pārēre‘to appear’
- Frenchapeler
- Englishapparent‘clear to see’
- Englishformed in English from apparentapparently‘as far as one can tell’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from apparent + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), APPARENT, p.29 · scan
Roots
- pāreō, pārēre Latin “to appear; to obey”
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