seemingly
adverb
seem·ing·ly ˈsē-miŋ-lē 
: outwardly or apparently
—used to indicate how something appears or seems
a seemingly simple problem [=a problem that seems simple]
a seemingly endless project [=a project that seems to have no end]
The balance of nature—an ideal state in which every species is in its right place—is seemingly being upended.—
Bryan Walsh
Bryan Walsh
These were years in which seemingly every city authority from Adelaide to Oslo had set its heart on the construction of an unsurpassably iconic building …—Ellis Woodman
Ellis Woodman
Then, in 1929, taste arbiter Emily Post sanctioned a seemingly irreversible shift in manners: "No rule of etiquette is of less importance than which fork we use."—Douglas Brenner
Douglas Brenner
Dumbledore had most of the remaining Death Eaters grouped in the middle of the room, seemingly immobilized by invisible ropes.—J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling
Examples of seemingly in a Sentence
a seemingly contented baby who was fast asleep in his crib
Recent Examples on the Web
But in a series with seemingly no margin for error, every little advantage can make a huge difference. —Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 Put water under pressure, though, and its shape can compress and overlap in a seemingly endless bounty of possible patterns. —Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026 For a long time, the phone call went uncommented on between my parents and me, and the three of us seemingly moved on. —Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 The core gameplay loop involved a lot of artificial timers and seemingly endless, repetitive clicking to convert crops into ingredients and then move those ingredients into factories. —ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seemingly
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 Put water under pressure, though, and its shape can compress and overlap in a seemingly endless bounty of possible patterns. —Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026 For a long time, the phone call went uncommented on between my parents and me, and the three of us seemingly moved on. —Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 The core gameplay loop involved a lot of artificial timers and seemingly endless, repetitive clicking to convert crops into ingredients and then move those ingredients into factories. —ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seemingly
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“Seemingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/seemingly. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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