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EVIDENTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')

Example:

he is plain stubborn

Synonyms:

apparently; evidently; manifestly; obviously; patently; plain; plainly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Pertainym:

evident (clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment)

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 Context examples: 

And he looked at Fanny with an expressive smile, which evidently meant, “That lady will never allow a theatre at Everingham.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Cards evidently were not necessary in that office, for the boy carried word to an inner room that there was a man who wanted to see Mr. Ford.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

‘You evidently don’t know me,’ said he.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She gained on them, however, involuntarily: the child's pace was quick, and theirs rather slow; and she was the more concerned at it, from their being evidently in a conversation which interested them.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

But of these, one was evidently more frightened than hurt, for he was on his feet again in a crack and instantly disappeared among the trees.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But the little woman evidently expected her to answer; so Dorothy said, with hesitation, "You are very kind, but there must be some mistake. I have not killed anything."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Evidently, the red tufts of hair must have had symbolic value for these social groups.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

There was evidently some mark, some thumbprint, something which might give a clue to the person’s identity.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My uncle was evidently struck by the haggard look upon the other’s face.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The letter, with a direction hardly legible, to "Miss A. E.—," was evidently the one which he had been folding so hastily.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)