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Synonyms for seemingly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : see-ming
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsi mɪŋ



Définition of seemingly

Origin :
  • late 14c., present participle adjective from seem. Seemingly in sense of "to all appearances" recorded from 1590s.
  • adv apparently
Example sentences :
  • The hostility to this seemingly harmless teaching was of the most intense.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Only the maid answered the ringing of the telephone, and his notes were seemingly unheeded.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Aggie became flippant, seemingly unimpressed by the Inspector's savageness.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I have often seen my mother try it, and it seemingly refreshed her.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • There were his pursuers making ready for the attack, seemingly hundreds of them.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • He was only about twenty-five yards away now, seemingly circling the ship.
  • Extract from : « Satellite System » by Horace Brown Fyfe
  • Life, life, everywhere, and seemingly this underground world was endless.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • Ichabod stood up, seemingly longer and gaunter than ever before.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • Then Silvere remembered that the seemingly far-off Sunday was only a week old.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • He stopped short, seemingly struck by a new and amazing idea.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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