† appearinglyadv.
Obsolete or dialect.
Apparently, seemingly.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adverb] > seemingly or apparently
in semblant?a1366
quasi1485
cloakedlya1500
appearingly1554
in show1556
apparentlya1572
pearinglya1578
with show1614
seeminglya1616
seemingly1715
seemly1821
in semblance1864
semblably1889
mbu2002
1554 J. Knox Godly Let. sig. B ij The uprore..in which, appearinglye, he coulde not haue escaped the death.
a1655 R. Robinson Christ All (1656) 177 The branches and the vine are not united appearingly, but truly. [Still used in Scotland.]
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