Seemingly

Definition: Seemingly

Seemingly

Adverb

1. From appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor".

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Date "seemingly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Seemingly

Probability

Adverb: probably; Adjective: belike; in all probability, in all likelihood; very likely, most likely; like enough; odds on, odds in favor, ten; to one; apparently, seemingly, according to every reasonable expectation; prim_ facie; to all appearance; (to the eye).

Crosswords: Seemingly

We're both stumbling around together in this unformed world, whose rules and objectives are largely unknown, seemingly indecipherable or even possibly nonexistent, always on the verge of being killed by forces that we don't understand (eXistenZ; writing credit: David Cronenberg)

Something that seemingly destroyed four planes and just missed you the first time (The Giant Claw; writing credit: Paul Gangelin; Samuel Newman)

Then you understood right, Merivel Miss Clemence is to be married and seemingly dispatched out of London with her husband, while in fact, I secrete her near the river in queue - the better to sport with her unobserved For her husband, I need a man who is far too enamored of women in general to make the mistake of loving one in particular (Restoration; writing credit: Rupert Walters)

SEEMINGLY FOR NO REASON (DON'T GET ME WRONG; performing artist: The Pretenders)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Estimating seemingly unrelated regression models from incomplete cross-section/time-series data (reference)

• Ol' Paul, the Mighty Logger: Being a True Account of the Seemingly Incredible Exploits and Inventions of the Great Paul Bunyan (reference)

• Seemingly Impossible: But True! the Nine First Fridays (reference)

• Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equations Model: Estimation and Inference (Statistics: Textbooks and Monographs, Vol 80) (reference)

• Soul Moments: Marvelous Stories of Synchronicity-Meaningful Coincidences from a Seemingly Random World (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have found seemingly conclusive evidence for a massive ... Credit: NASA.

Seemingly endless mountains and snow between Petersburg and Juneau. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Shrimp trawlers and cactus - a seemingly incongruous but normal sight in south Texas. Credit: Fisheries.

A fence seems ironic in a place like the Agua Fria National Monument, a place so seemingly boundless in its 71,000 acre expanse. Credit: Beth Perault.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The bishop ran his eyes over the hall, seemingly taking measure and making calculations

Now, as then, he stood listlessly in his place, seemingly a tranquil watcher of the scene before him.

He was there to represent spectatordom, and help make this seemingly insignificant event one with the removal of the gods of Troy

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Rett Syndrome occurs only in girls and causes them to develop autism-like symptoms after seemingly normal development. (references)

The fact that fibroids seemingly are estrogen-dependent has led to attempts to control them by reduction in available estrogen. (references)

In a seemingly pristine environment, some people have many non-specific complaints such as problems concentrating or depression. (references)

Business

It should be carefully noted that there is a trend towards forming strategic alliances, seemingly locking up procurement. (references)

As recession in Germany has seemingly bottomed out, the German advertisement industry also feels optimistic about future developments. (references)

This has been possible due to the relatively high solar exposure in the provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa and Mendoza, despite their seemingly adverse geographic location between the 32 and 40 degrees South. (references)

Economic History

Nicaragua

Often, more than one person has seemingly valid title documents. (references)

Mexico

There have been numerous cases of disqualifications based upon seemingly insignificant failures on the part of bidders to comply with tender regulations and procedures to the letter. (references)

Vietnam

Following catastrophic flooding in the central region in late 1999, the government directed the state-owned banking system to inject credit into the economy with seemingly few effects. (references)

Human Rights

Croatia

The politicization of hard-line judges appointed by the previous Government, who at times made decisions in a nontransparent manner seemingly at odds with the evidence or the law, also continued to be a problem. (references)

Nicaragua

However, the Aleman Administration cut by nearly 40 percent the state budget of the Ombudsman's office, seemingly for political reasons, and the reduced operating budget has limited the effectiveness of the office and its ability to establish offices throughout the country. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

Eventually, these seemingly contradictory development strategies will need to be reconciled. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

It is important to be very responsive to one's negotiating partner, even regarding seemingly mindless issues. (references)

Korea

The seemingly endless rush-hour traffic can be a major hindrance, so early preparation, as well as lots of patience, is required. (references)

Ukraine

However, it remains unclear how local visa and registration (OVIR) offices will respond, as the bureaucracy seemingly was not drawn into the process and procedures have not been formulated. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Beginning with "seemingly": seemingly-abstruse, seemingly-barren, seemingly-essential, seemingly-imperturbable, seemingly-inconsistent, seemingly-innocuous, seemingly-unrelated.

Albanian

siç duket (obviously), nga sa thuhet, me sa duket (apparently, obviously, presumably, presumedly, probably, supposedly). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فيما يبدو, ‏حسب الظاهر, ‏على ما يبدو, ‏ظاهرا (in front of). (various references)

Bulgarian 

както изглежда (apparently), на вид (outwardly), привидно (nominally, on the face of it, ostensibly, professedly, quasi-). (various references)

Chinese 

髣 , 表面上, 彷 (irresolute), 彿 , 似乎 (apparently, as if, to appear, to seem). (various references)

Czech

podle všeho (apparently, by all accounts, presumably), patrnì (apparently, evidently, noticeably). (various references)

Dutch

schýnbaar (apparently), ogenschýnlýk (apparently), naar het schijnt, naar het schýnt (apparently), in schijn, in schýn (apparently). (various references)

Esperanto

ŝajne (apparently). (various references)

Finnish

nähtävästi (apparently, evidently). (various references)

French

apparemment. (various references)

German

scheinbar (apparent, apparently, feigned, formal, imaginary, ostensible, ostensive, seeming), anscheinende, anscheinend (apparent, apparently, it appears that, seeming). (various references)

Greek 

φαινομενικώσ (apparently). (various references)

Hebrew 

לכאורה (allegedly, apparently, at first sight, ostensibly, outwardly, prima facie), כנראה (apparently, presumably, probably), נדמה (apparently, it appears that, it seems). (various references)

Hungarian

látszatra (on the face of it, on the surface), látszólag (apparently, at first sight, at the first blush, at the first go-off, on the surface, ostensibly, professedly, quasi, superficially). (various references)

Indonesian

duga-duga (apparently). (various references)

Italian

apparentemente (apparently, ostensibly, supposedly). (various references)

Korean 

겉으로는. (various references)

Papiamen

aparentemente (apparently). (various references)

Pig Latin

eeminglysay.(various references)

Polish

pozornie (apparently). (various references)

Portuguese

aparentemente (apparently, outwardly). (various references)

Romanian

parcå (apparently), aparent (apparent, apparently, conspicuous, evident, ostensible, seeming, sham, specious, visible). (various references)

Russian 

на вид (outwardly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kako se čini. (various references)

Spanish

aparentemente (apparently, ostensibly, outwardly, to all appearances). (various references)

Swedish

skenbart (apparently). (various references)

Thai

ตามที่ปรากฏ (seeming). (various references)

Turkish

görünürde (apparently, in sight, within sight), görünüşte (in appearance, on the face of it, on the surface, ostensibly, outward, outwardly, outwards), görünüşe göre (apparently, in appearance, in outward show, to all appearances). (various references)

Ukrainian

як слід (shipshape, well), очевидно (apparently, audibly, clearly, evidently, it is evident, obviously, overtly, patently, pointedly, questionless, transparently), на вигляд (outwardly, without). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tưởng chừng như, ra vẻ, cỏ vẻ. (various references)

Misspellings

"Seemingly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: searingly, seeingly, seeringly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: myelines.

-2 letters: mingles, myeline, myelins, seeling, seeming, yeelins.

-3 letters: elemis, enisle, ensile, eyeing, genies, gimels, glimes, ingles, legmen, lieges, limens, limeys, linsey, lyings, lysine, lysing, mingle, myelin, seeing, seemly, senile, signee, simnel, single, singly, smiley, yeelin.

-4 letters: elegy, elemi, enemy, eying, genes, genie, gimel, glees, glens, gleys, glime, glims, ingle, leges, lenes, lenis, lense.

+3 letters: enzymologies.

+4 letters: meaninglessly, sedimentology, semilegendary.

+5 letters: laryngectomies, monoglycerides.