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evidently

adverbcommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈɛvɪdəntli//
  • United States//ˈɛvɪdəntli//
  • United States//ˌɛvɪˈdɛntli//

In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.

adverb

  1. 1

    In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.

    The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

  2. 2

    obsoleteIn such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly.

    The ſame mã ſawe in a vyſion evydently aboute the nynthe houre of the daye the angell of god commynge in vnto hym […]

  3. 3

    Apparently.

Etymology

From Middle English evidently, evydently; equivalent to evident + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more evidently
superlative
most evidently
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).