You use evidently to say that something is obviously true, for example because you have seen evidence of it yourself.
The man wore a bathrobe and had evidently just come from the bathroom.
The two Russians evidently knew each other.
2. adverb [ADVERB before verb]
You use evidently to show that you think something is true or have been told something is true, but that you are not sure, because you do not have enough information or proof.
From childhood, he was evidently at once rebellious and precocious.
Ellis evidently wished to negotiate downwards after Atkinson had set the guidelines.
Synonyms: apparently, it seems, seemingly, outwardly More Synonyms of evidently
3. adverb
You can use evidently to introduce a statement or opinion and to emphasize that you feel that it is true or correct.
[formal, emphasis]
Quite evidently, it has nothing to do with social background.
More Synonyms of evidently
evidently in British English
(ˈɛvɪdəntlɪ)
adverb
1.
without question; clearly; undoubtedly
2.
to all appearances; apparently
they are evidently related
evidently in American English
(ˌɛvəˈdɛntli; ˈɛvədəntli)
adverb
1. Rare
obviously; clearly
2.
apparently (but not necessarily); seemingly
Examples of 'evidently' in a sentence
evidently
Today's dean and chapter have evidently decided that is long enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We saw the engine had evidently refused to take a very sharp curve.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There is something quite evidently wrong with that second question.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
My father was tripping him up quite effectively evidently.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
It evidently became quite hostile and unpleasant.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But as a performer he was evidently quite something.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Those with tickets evidently did not think so.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Evidently he feels that he no longer has the strength within his party to do the same on airports.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He had a system: evidently he had taken advice.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But it evidently wasn't quite on song when the big moment came this year.
The Sun (2013)
She was evidently thinking of the same subject as he, but he couldn’t begin talking.
Thomas Hughes Tom Brown's Schooldays (1857)
It's that she evidently thinks this thing is bigger than the both of them.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This is evidently not true.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Because he has a fear, quite evidently, of not being taken seriously at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He landed them on Newfoundland, then evidently decided to seek a more congenial site farther south.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
He had good ideas, the players evidently enjoyed working with him, and we went away encouraged.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
evidently
British English: evidently ADVERB
You use evidently to say that something is obviously true, for example because you have seen evidence of it yourself.
The man wore a bathrobe and had evidently just come from the bathroom.
American English: evidently
Brazilian Portuguese: evidentemente
Chinese: 毫无疑问地
European Spanish: obviamente
French: manifestement
German: offensichtlich
Italian: evidentemente
Japanese: 間違いなく
Korean: 명백하게
European Portuguese: evidentemente
Latin American Spanish: evidentemente
Chinese translation of 'evidently'
evidently
(ˈɛvɪdntlɪ)
adv
(= obviously) 明显(顯)地 (míngxiǎn de)
(= apparently) 显(顯)然地 (xiǎnrán de)
1 (adverb)
She had evidently just woken up.
Synonyms
obviously
She's obviously cleverer than I am.
clearly
He clearly believes that he is in the right.
plainly
The judge's conclusion was plainly wrong.
patently
undoubtedly
He is undoubtedly a great player
manifestly
doubtless
He will doubtless try to persuade his colleagues.
without question
He was our greatest storyteller, without question.
unmistakably
indisputably
doubtlessly
incontrovertibly
incontestably
2 (adverb)
Ellis evidently wished to negotiate downwards, after Atkinson had set the guidelines.
Synonyms
apparently
The deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession.
it seems
seemingly
Seemingly he is a man with not an ounce of malice in him.
outwardly
Outwardly she showed not the faintest sign of concern.
it would seem
ostensibly
He came, ostensibly, to see his sick brother but really to discuss selling the house.
so it seems
to all appearances
Additional synonyms
in the sense of clearly
He clearly believes that he is in the right.
Synonyms
obviously,
undoubtedly,
evidently,
distinctly,
markedly,
overtly,
undeniably,
beyond doubt,
incontrovertibly,
incontestably,
openly
in the sense of doubtless
Definition
probably or almost certainly
He will doubtless try to persuade his colleagues.
Synonyms
certainly,
clearly,
surely,
of course,
truly,
precisely,
undoubtedly,
without doubt,
unquestionably,
indisputably,
assuredly
in the sense of ostensibly
He came, ostensibly, to see his sick brother but really to discuss selling the house.