evidently
adverb
ev·i·dent·ly
ˈe-və-dənt-lē 
-ə-ˌdent-,
especially for sense 2 often
ˌev-ə-ˈdent-
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Examples of evidently in a Sentence
Evidently you and I have different feelings on this issue.
“We seem to have different feelings on this issue.” “Evidently!”
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One man, evidently, was not happy that Duck Necklace had made contact with his relatives.
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Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
But where the team is headed was evidently quite obvious during the first meeting on the first day of the first phase of Harbaugh’s first offseason program.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
But where the team is headed was evidently quite obvious during the first meeting on the first day of the first phase of Harbaugh’s first offseason program.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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evidently
adverb
ev·i·dent·ly
ˈev-əd-ənt-lē
-ə-ˌdent-
-ə-ˌdent-
ˌev-ə-ˈdent-lē
: in an evident manner : obviously
a document evidently forged
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