Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a seeming manner; apparently; ostensibly; in appearance; in show; in semblance.
Wiktionary
- adv. To appearances; apparently.
- adv. In a seemly manner; decorously; with propriety.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. from appearances alone
Etymologies
- From seeming + -ly. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Never has a label seemingly applied so well to a situation.”
“Given that the Canopic jars of Egyptians hold the vital organs of the deceased should they be of use in the afterlife, the title seemingly endows the claw with the function of extracting the metal insides of the deceased Chrysler Imperial god.”
The Huffington Post: G. Roger Denson: From Detroit, Egypt: Matthew Barney Resurrects an American God
“In hindsight, the title seemingly refers less to a central plot element than it does the thought that the film itself is just an empty suit awaiting occupancy and, concurrently, a pulse.”
“In his freely available manuscript, entitled "On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton,"-the title seemingly paying homage to”
“City moved up to second in the table with the result in October and are back there at the moment, with their push for the title seemingly only set to get stronger as they prepare to flex their considerable financial muscle in the January transfer window.”
“-- The chances of defending her title seemingly all but lost in a tangled web of technical errors of her short program, Alissa Czisny's coach has one goal in mind for her skater entering tonight's ladies final at the U.S.”
“But heading into the final round alternate-shot foursomes, the duo hold their smallest overnight advantage of the week after Italy and defending champions Sweden closed the gap to leave the title seemingly remaining in Europe with a further five shots to Japan and South Africa.”
“But heading into today's final-round foursomes, the duo hold their smallest overnight advantage of the week after Italy and defending champions Sweden closed the gap to leave the title seemingly remaining in Europe with a further five shots to Japan and South Africa.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
“It is a match Liverpool must win if they are to continue their fight for what realistically is a top-four finish, with the title seemingly out of reach.”
“The term seemingly came out of nowhere in late 2007.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘seemingly’.
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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fifi
verbs Adj Adv noun
indulge, convene, solve, dissolve, prospect, prospective, allege, resolve, accountable, administration, amid, agenda and 407 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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My Words
Words that I use regularly and consider mine.
zen, poser, savvy, angst, flustered, bitter, whatsoever, farfetched, indeed, scenario, inevitable, salvage and 134 more...
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Some Wednesday words
Just another arbitrary list of words that come up for me today, June 20 2007
tutelage, hobby horse, abracadabra, occipital, martinet, margarita, persona, cute, sharp, acute, confabulate, conspire and 97 more...
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Yet more words
hootowling, hoot owl, midday, prohibitive, shutdown, gerund, tripe, doweling, detestable, good measure, boojum, undergirding and 167 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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braintrain's Words
gustatory, repulsive, delightful, exploratory, muse, velvet, rapier, touche, seemingly, intertwined, pliable, resilient and 32 more...
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w h o' s
hysteria, hilarity, hollow, ocean, wired, wilted, winter, whisper, wanted, weave, wrong, silhouette and 28 more...
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Great Race Horse Names8
Poetry in motion
shriek, do run run, grease monkey, victorianna, criminologist, never there, mammoth storm, seemingly, vespasian, spirited away, solicit, let's get serious and 75 more...
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Positive Words, Powerful Results - Jorge
mood, mightier, witness, seemingly, insightful, lively, smugly, smug, insight
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What a douche!
Words I overused in college
Tweets
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