ap·par·ent·ly /-li/
  (ad.)表面上,似乎,顯然地
  Ap·par·ent·ly, adv.
  1. Visibly. [Obs.]
  2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
     If he should scorn me so apparently.   --Shak.
  3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
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  apparently
       adv 1: from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper
              crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is
              seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had
              been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really
              concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the
              problem seems minor" [syn: seemingly, ostensibly,
              on the face of it]
       2: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for
          `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in
          bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too
          important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all
          patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here
          for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but
          apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain
          stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently,
           plainly, plain]