adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
apparently/seemingly random
▪ a wave of apparently random attacks
apparently/seemingly unaware
▪ The man, apparently unaware that he was being filmed, tried to break into the house.
seemingly impossible (=seeming to be impossible)
▪ He managed to win the chess game from a seemingly impossible position.
seemingly/apparently oblivious
▪ Congress was seemingly oblivious to these events.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
contradictory
▪ Many of these seemingly contradictory properties of the agents are related to dose.
▪ The editors of Consumer Reports Travel Letter thus were struck by the seemingly contradictory results of three recent airline quality reports.
▪ With these two seemingly contradictory attitudes in mind, underline all the adjectives you've used.
▪ The new account of his life shows a complex and at times seemingly contradictory person.
▪ Case said these seemingly contradictory deals were simple exercises in economic balance of power.
endless
▪ His words came out in a seemingly endless flow of support and approbation.
▪ From more than a mile away, the figures are swallowed by the seemingly endless Everglades.
▪ Everywhere we looked, around every corner, over every rise, a seemingly endless array of lochs and lochans beckoned.
▪ To some critics, this seemingly endless procession of school fund-raisers has a serious drawback.
▪ The range of environmental services on offer is seemingly endless - from environmental auditing to public relations.
▪ There are few hills to break the seemingly endless vista of lakes and forests.
▪ The past year has charted a rocky course for the Rialto and its advocates, with seemingly endless trials and tribulations.
impossible
▪ However, the new minister on arrival soon found that he was faced with a seemingly impossible task.
▪ Thick white branches arch as far out as the tree is tall, sometimes at seemingly impossible angles.
▪ As far as motion video, in particular, is concerned, the constraints of available technology force multimedia into a seemingly impossible situation.
▪ Sexually menacing and effeminately feral, he prowled cat-like across the stage, perching on amps and lights in seemingly impossible positions.
▪ The measure of his heart is how he deals with adversity and the way he overcomes a seemingly impossible situation.
▪ Not only a master, but a natural comedian, because he found humour in seemingly impossible situations.
▪ The men can freelance, depend on their height to make seemingly impossible moves.
innocent
▪ This caution obviously arises from the need to minimize the risk of long-term side-effects caused by seemingly innocent new substances.
▪ One turned up with the same tiny, seemingly innocent substitution.
▪ Each team was well aware of the danger that lurked on the seemingly innocent roads.
▪ Her fantasies, though seemingly innocent, have some genetic connection to his psychopathic deceits.
innocuous
▪ Whatever censorship takes place in libraries, even of seemingly innocuous indecent material, can reverberate elsewhere.
▪ Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.
▪ Some were communiqu s from extremist groups overseas; others were seemingly innocuous.
▪ It behooves companies to tread carefully in this area because even seemingly innocuous questions can get them into trouble.
interminable
▪ For several seemingly interminable seconds no one moved as the coolly brooding glance subjected her to a flagrantly masculine appraisal.
▪ The seemingly interminable day was finally reaching its dark conclusion.
▪ Her labour was, like her pregnancy, seemingly interminable and difficult.
▪ The system thus avoids the seemingly interminable delays that bedevil on-line services when they are used to transmit graphics.
▪ And there was all that seemingly interminable, lonely hanging around.
▪ As of Saturday, both of those seemingly interminable droughts had ended, meaning that only the wait for Magic Johnson remains.
▪ As of Saturday, both seemingly interminable droughts were over, sending historians in the organization scurrying for the record book.
intractable
▪ Even more seemingly intractable problems will be posed by attempts to store virtual reality.
▪ Although here, too, Chicago had fared better than many older cities, unemployment remained a serious, seemingly intractable problem.
▪ It provided simple answers to seemingly intractable questions.
▪ Do not concern yourself with this seemingly intractable problem.
▪ It should be one which presents a seemingly intractable problem.
▪ What he was really saying, though, is that we face seemingly intractable problems and that the solutions will be difficult.
▪ But remember: you have to believe that the seemingly intractable problem can be cracked.
simple
▪ A seemingly simple recipe for a secure investment has, however, developed complications worthy of a 007 plot.
▪ The seemingly simple act of snap, hold and kick turned into fodder for blooper highlights.
▪ They may be as seemingly simple, even cornball, as Walt Disney.
unaware
▪ Nowadays he is a sanctimonious old man seemingly unaware of his own involvement in the problems of his family.
▪ The casual lawyer is telling his story somberly seemingly unaware of any of the hubbub around us.
▪ She turned the page with elegant fingers, seemingly unaware that Frankie had entered the room.
▪ He has grown reclusive in recent years, seemingly unaware that he is no longer under house arrest.
unrelated
▪ Changes to any part of the system may make it necessary to change other seemingly unrelated components.
▪ Three seemingly unrelated items came together in a way...
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I looked down at the seemingly endless expanse of green of the Serengeti Plain.
▪ Running a mile in under 4 minutes was a seemingly impossible task.
▪ The music was strange, seemingly without a melody.
▪ There is seemingly nothing we can do to stop the plans from going ahead.
▪ We now have a seemingly endless choice of TV channels.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Charles Nagy was the opposite, seemingly ready to be assisted out of Camden Yards a half-dozen times.
▪ Every year, in fact, seemingly more celebrations, demonstrations and displays mark its passing.
▪ For several seemingly interminable seconds no one moved as the coolly brooding glance subjected her to a flagrantly masculine appraisal.
▪ I could see my hand, lying palm upwards and seemingly a great distance from me.
▪ It is a long and seemingly insurmountable list of challenges to the health and survival of the reef.
▪ It was pretty carefully set up: First, a report of a seemingly scientific study.
▪ One by one, the aged tottered in, each one seemingly more decrepit than the one before.
▪ She talked about the language for some time, seemingly against her better judgment, drawn by his earnest desire to learn.