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evidently

American  
[ev-i-duhnt-lee, -dent-, ev-i-dent-lee] / ˈɛv ɪ dənt li, -ˌdɛnt-, ˌɛv ɪˈdɛnt li /

adverb

  1. obviously; apparently.

evidently British  
/ ˈɛvɪdəntlɪ /

adverb

  1. without question; clearly; undoubtedly

  2. to all appearances; apparently

    they are evidently related
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Related Words

See clearly.

Etymology

Origin of evidently

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; evident, -ly

Example Sentences

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She evidently was not presented with the maximum benefit option at the time, and her benefit could not have been finalized since I was still working.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Meta evidently is continuing to allocate capital to back its AI ambitions as the emergent technology dominates much of the conversation around the hyperscaler.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Now we have the vanishing of Nancy Guthrie, the octogenarian mother of a TV news personality, evidently carried off from her Arizona home into … a void.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

This evidently isn’t the first time he has been careless about a matter that touches her soul.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

He had evidently hoped that someone else, perhaps Swift, would draft this section for him.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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