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SEEMINGLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
From appearances alone
Example:
on the face of it the problem seems minor
Synonyms:
apparently; on the face of it; ostensibly; seemingly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
seeming (appearing as such but not necessarily so)
Context examples:
The research team noticed that all the mutations in CRIA patients occur at the location where RIPK1 usually gets cut, resulting in an uncuttable, seemingly indestructible RIPK1 protein.
(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)
Once only was I in this room before; and after stopping to look about her, and seemingly to retrace all that had then passed, she added, Once only before.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“You may remember my seemingly irrelevant question as to this clerical gentleman’s left ear. You did not answer it.”
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, found that some patients’ seemingly inexplicable anaphylaxis was actually caused by an uncommon allergy to a molecule found naturally in red meat.
(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)
A cell that develops in the thymus, seemingly from a stem cell of bone marrow and of fetal liver, and is the precursor of the thymus-derived lymphocyte (T lymphocyte) that effects cell-mediated (delayed type) sensitivity.
(Murine Thymocyte, NCI Thesaurus)
The first hints that ring rain existed came from Voyager observations of seemingly unrelated phenomena: peculiar variations in Saturn’s electrically charged upper atmosphere (ionosphere), density variations in Saturn’s rings, and a trio of narrow dark bands encircling the planet at northern mid-latitudes.
(Saturn is Losing Its Rings, NASA)
Mr. Rochester held the candle over him; I recognised in his pale and seemingly lifeless face—the stranger, Mason: I saw too that his linen on one side, and one arm, was almost soaked in blood.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Researchers have made a new discovery about how seemingly minor aspects of the internal structure of bone can be strengthened to withstand wear and tear, a finding that could help patients suffering from osteoporosis.
(Discovery may lead to osteoporosis treatment, National Science Foundation)
Someone was singing, a dull, old, droning sailor's song, with a droop and a quaver at the end of every verse, and seemingly no end to it at all but the patience of the singer.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud seemingly out of thin air has prompted NASA scientists to suggest that a different process than previously thought — possibly similar to one seen over Earth's poles — could be forming clouds on Saturn's moon Titan.
(Scientists Find 'Impossible' Cloud on Titan, NASA)
