[
US
/ˈsimɪŋɫi/
]
[ UK /sˈiːmɪŋli/ ]
[ UK /sˈiːmɪŋli/ ]
ADVERB
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from appearances alone
on the face of it the problem seems minor
had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it
irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
How To Use seemingly In A Sentence
- Many people striving to get through the next fortnight of seemingly ceaseless spending may be tempted to spread the cost with a zero per cent credit card. Times, Sunday Times
- The black and white images suggested a lunar surface with bright elevated land masses, grooved by sloping drainage channels and seemingly surrounded by dark, still pools of oily liquid.
- She gave me a cheerful grin and rattled off her past employers, accompanied by a brief biodata, both seemingly satisfying.
- This seemingly innocuous phrase was actually a veiled threat. THE GUARDSMEN
- Such a seemingly innocuous observation, yet as Logan evolves from student, to writer, to secret agent, to art gallery dealer, we see how it informs a kind of amorality in his character that propels him to sleep with his college mate's girlfriend and, later, the same man's wife, marry a woman he doesn't love and then push her aside when he meets the real love of his life. SFGate: Top News Stories
- The star in question, KIC 05807616, has a rather interesting description: "a seemingly isolated pulsating hot B subdwarf. Ars Technica
- Gorgeous in a seemingly effortless Kate Hudson/Blake Lively kind of way, her future calling dawned on her when she saw her dad performing on stage and became enamored with the costumes the dancers were wearing. Buzzine » Stacey Oristano
- But the public life of the capital commanded his love, his seemingly inexhaustible energy and much of his spare time. Times, Sunday Times
- Forte is a very popular figure in city government, seemingly beloved by every local politician in sight.
- Here was a man seemingly prepared to bankroll them on the sweetest of terms. Times, Sunday Times