SEEMINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seemingly mean? 

• SEEMINGLY (adverb)
  The adverb SEEMINGLY has 1 sense:

1. from appearances alone

  Familiarity information: SEEMINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEEMINGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

From appearances alone

Synonyms:

apparently; on the face of it; ostensibly; seemingly

Context example:

on the face of it the problem seems minor

Pertainym:

seeming (appearing as such but not necessarily so)

 Context examples 

The presence of human tissue transglutaminase, endomysial and gliadin antibodies without substantial villous changes follow many years of a seemingly gluten-tolerant diet.

(Latent Celiac Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

He is a seemingly arbitrary man, but this is because he knows what he is talking about better than any one else.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mr. Woodhouse at last was off; but Mr. Knightley, instead of being immediately off likewise, sat down again, seemingly inclined for more chat.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The gene is a major cause of unexpected death in seemingly healthy young people.

(Gene Causes Sudden Death in Young People, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This could explain how a cancer could grow despite the presence of T cells that would seemingly be able to fight the cancer.

(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)

A day of clear weather might follow, or three days or four, and then the fog would settle down upon us, seemingly thicker than ever.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Jekyll was no worse; he woke again to his good qualities seemingly unimpaired; he would even make haste, where it was possible, to undo the evil done by Hyde.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The catch here is that the perch is covered in Teflon, making it seemingly impossible to grasp.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)

Closest to the black hole, the gravitational light-bending becomes so excessive that we can see the underside of the disk as a bright ring of light seemingly outlining the black hole.

(NASA Visualization Shows a Black Hole’s Warped World, NASA)