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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
evidently
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
decide
▪ She had evidently decided that things were going to be all right.
find
▪ On the other hand, Minter had evidently found no skeleton in his cupboard, for all his efforts to do so.
▪ The latter, which evidently find themselves at home almost everywhere, are appropriately called cosmopolitan species.
▪ There it evidently found another food supply, animating the material in its excitement as though it were a restless human hand.
▪ He evidently found the new idiom interestingly problematic, but not attractive enough to compel his full attention.
think
▪ The poet Alan Dixon evidently thinks the same.
▪ The enemy evidently thought General McClellan still occupied the house....
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Evidently, the two of them have gotten back together.
▪ Amelio evidently liked what he saw during Carey's concert.
▪ The man outside was evidently a visitor.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Even I can see the solution, as evidently can Lestrade.
▪ Far from being popular, Hatton had evidently had a host of enemies.
▪ She knew that, and Charles knew that, but the public were evidently beginning to think otherwise.
▪ She was also flushed and evidently in a state of unrest, which made him feel chivalrous and sympathetic.
▪ The attacking force had evidently been spread very thin since altogether there were fewer than 20 planes reported.
▪ Their contracts evidently having run out, the distinctive enamelled iron advertisements were removed from the ex-Croydon cars in 1942.
▪ This was evidently the quad devoted to the science faculty.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Evidently

Evidently \Ev"i*dent*ly\, adv. In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.

Before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth.
--Gal. iii. 1.

He was evidently in the prime of youth.
--W. Irving.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
evidently

late 14c., from evident + -ly (2).

Wiktionary
evidently

adv. 1 (context obsolete English) In such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly. (14th-19th c.) 2 In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously, as may be clearly inferred. (from 17th c.)

WordNet
evidently

adv. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain]

Usage examples of "evidently".

Such persons may be accustomed to luxurious living, and there is evidently a predisposition to abnormal activity of the alimentary functions.

After a leaf had been left in a weak infusion of raw meat for 10 hours, the cells of the papillae had evidently absorbed animal matter, for instead of limpid fluid they now contained small aggregated masses of protoplasm, which slowly and incessantly changed their forms.

Behind that door was evidently the place of moneyed secrets and decisions, and Guil told himself that Aby had been right and this banking thing evidently did work.

Evidently, the Acme shop simply carried red primroses, of the species primula obconica because there was a call for them.

She knew that I was acquainted with those circumstances, and my presence was evidently unpleasant to her, for she had certainly no wish that the old man should hear how she kept her promise.

For a man who was never in the country, and who did not evidently do much in the way of business, his knowledge and acumen were wonderful.

One would have thought it impossible for a man to stretch himself more than Timokhin had done when he was reprimanded by the regimental commander, but now that the commander in chief addressed him he drew himself up to such an extent that it seemed he could not have sustained it had the commander in chief continued to look at him, and so Kutuzov, who evidently understood his case and wished him nothing but good, quickly turned away, a scarcely perceptible smile flitting over his scarred and puffy face.

When it was over and Thure and Bud again gave their attention to the court, Bill Ugger was about to continue with his testimony, the majority of the crowd having shown themselves so plainly in sympathy with the actions of the alcalde that the rougher ones evidently thought it wise to keep quiet.

Providence, evidently, was on the side of Joe Aldehyde and working overtime.

I was so pleased at all the amorous enjoyment her senses were evidently experiencing, that I made her easy by telling her that the success of the great magic operation depended upon the amount of pleasure she enjoyed.

So unwelcome I evidently was aboard that argosy, and so much the object of suspicion myself, I entertained but little suspicion of my shipmates.

The Major was very slightly drunk and evidently intent on becoming more drunk for he snatched a whole jug of arrack from a servant, then scooped up two beakers from a table.

But evidently she saw him as a lesser enemy and focused her wrath on the Asper snake.

Hearing him from under my kaross I bethought me that he had really grown old at last, who for the moment evidently forgot the part which this very assegai had played a few months before in the Vale of Bones.

She was astonished, but evidently moved, and I did not leave her till my enjoyment was complete.