apparentlyap‧par‧ent‧ly /əˈpærəntli/ ●●● S1 W2 adverb 
Apparently the company is losing a lot of money. I wasn’t there, but apparently it went well.2according to the way someone looks or a situation appears, although you cannot be sure: She turned to face him, her anger apparently gone.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Apparently, it was a really good party.
- Apparently, Jim's a really good tennis player.
- Campaign funds have been used for apparently illegal activities.
- It's going to be hot this weekend, apparently.
- Nelson apparently committed suicide.
- An apparently dangerous criminal may be hospitalised with a restriction stipulating that only the Home secretary can authorise his release.
- But what about patients who are apparently fit and healthy until they suffer a massive exposure to toxic man-made chemicals?
- Frank Bruno, after only three fights since quitting pantomime, is apparently lined up to fight both champions.
- He was traumatized as a child, apparently, when his mentally ill father forced him to kill a thief.
- Shankar and his tabla player, Alla Rakha, held the apparently preposterous view that all notes were equal.
- Some of this money apparently showed up in the Whitewater account.
- The apparently coordinated attacks overloaded the sites with a barrage of messages generated by hackers.
- The impact, occurring shortly before midnight local time, apparently knocked out all communications before warning could be given.
Longman Language Activatorwhat people say about something
use this to tell someone what someone else has said or written: · According to today's paper, 20 people died in the fire.· Rob's got a new girlfriend, according to Janine.
British /rumor has it American spoken say this when you are telling someone something that you heard from someone else, which may not actually be true: · To join the club, rumor had it, you had to be earning more than $100,000 a year.rumour has it (that): · Rumour had it that she only married him for his money.
spoken use this to say what a lot of people believe and say: they say/people say (that): · They say her husband's in prison.so they say (=use this when you are not sure whether something is true): · The test isn't difficult, or so they say.
spoken use this to say what you have read or been told, although you do not directly know about it yourself: · It's going to be hot this weekend, apparently.· Apparently, Jim's a really good tennis player.
spoken use this to tell someone about what may happen in the future, that you have heard other people talking about: · He was doing very well at college and there was talk of him being accepted for Harvard.· The company already does business with Germany and Japan and there's been some talk of a deal with the French.
spoken say this when you have heard people saying that something is true but you do not believe it: · Richard was supposedly a tall, dark-eyed handsome man.· He was supposedly delivering some papers to her but I think it was just an excuse to see her.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Congress was seemingly oblivious to these events.
Congress was seemingly oblivious to these events.· a wave of apparently random attacks
· The man, apparently unaware that he was being filmed, tried to break into the house.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveapparentadverbapparently
1[sentence adverb] used to say that you have heard that something is true, although you are not completely sure about it: Apparently the company is losing a lot of money. I wasn’t there, but apparently it went well.2according to the way someone looks or a situation appears, although you cannot be sure: She turned to face him, her anger apparently gone.