evidently
advUK /ˈɛvɪdəntli/ · US /ˈɛvɪdəntli/
Etymology From Middle English evidently, evydently; equivalent to evident + -ly.
1
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.1963, Margery Allingham, “The Elopers”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 33:
2
Obsolete In such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly.
- The ſame mã ſawe in a vyſion evydently aboute the nynthe houre of the daye the angell of god commynge in vnto hym […]1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts x:[3], folio clxviij, recto – verso:
3
Proscribed Apparently.
- Synonyms
- clearly, plainly, conspicuously, markedly, vividly
- Related terms
- self-evidently, apparently