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Princeton's WordNet

  1. apparently, seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of itadverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. seeminglyadverb

    To appearances; apparently.

  2. seeminglyadverb

    In a seemly manner; decorously; with propriety.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Seeminglyadverb

    In appearance; in show; in semblance.

    Etymology: from seeming.

    To this her mother’s plot,
    She, seemingly obedient, likewise hath
    Made promise to the doctor. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Winds.

    They to their viands fell, not seemingly
    The angels, nor in mist. John Milton.

    I have touched upon them, though seemingly collateral to my scope; and yet I think they are more than seemingly so, since they pertinently illustrate my design. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

    The city dame was so well bred, as seemingly to take all in good part. Roger L'Estrange.

    The king and haughty empress, to our wonder,
    If not aton’d, yet seemingly at peace. Dryden.

    This the father seemingly complied with; but afterwards refusing, the son was likewise set aside. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

    They depend often on remote and seemingly disproportioned causes. Francis Atterbury.

ChatGPT

  1. seemingly

    Seemingly is an adverb that means in a way that gives the impression or appearance of having a certain quality or characteristic, despite there possibly being doubt about its truth or reality. It is often used to indicate that something appears to be one way, but may in fact be different.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seeminglyadverb

    in appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly

British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'seemingly' in Adverbs Frequency: #394

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seemingly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seemingly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of seemingly in a Sentence

  1. Brad Mittman MD:

    Every successive failure leads us one step closer to success. Thank God for our failures, those painful walls we hit that define the seemingly invisible boundaries of our lives, ever redirecting us, like guiding lights, down the winning paths to all our victories.

  2. Nneka Leiba:

    Even though we've come up with similar results in our guide before, comparing it to the FDA's actual proposed standards is really strong, so the fact that 60 % of the market seemingly wouldn't be considered safe and effective by The FDA is a huge deal.

  3. Shaun Osher:

    The perception was the market was far wider and deeper than it actually is, we're coming out of what was a seemingly endless supply of capital for new development and a belief there was an endless supply of billionaires to buy those properties. That hasn't played out. This is the correction.

  4. Brad McMillan:

    It's scary when you see the second largest economy on the planet seemingly melting down, there are very legitimate reasons for concerns.

  5. The Virgin Group founder:

    Virgin loves to take on seemingly insurmountable problems, and try to overcome them.

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