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[syn: apparently, seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Seemingly \Seem"ing*ly\, adv.
In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly.
[1913 Webster]
This the father seemingly complied with. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
seemingly
adv 1: from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper
crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is
seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been
ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really
concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the
problem seems minor" [syn: apparently, seemingly,
ostensibly, on the face of it]