evidently
/ˈevədəntli/EH-vuh-duhnt-lee
/ˈɛvədəntli/EH-vuh-duhnt-lee
Meaningin an evident way
Common meaning: in an evident way (inferred)
- eout
- vidto seeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1988 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘out’ + ‘to see’ → evidently
Journey through time
- Latinvideō, vīdī, vīsum‘to see’
- Frenchevidence
- Englishevident‘plain to see or understand’
- Englishformed in English from evidentevidently‘in an evident way (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: in an evident way. It can be inferred from any of: evident.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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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 evident + -ly (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- videō, vīdī, vīsum Latin “to see”
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