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apparently

 
 
/əˈpærəntli/ adverb

Definition

OTHERS SAY used to say that you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true: Apparently it's going to rain today.
SEEMING TRUE used to say that something seems to be true, although it is not certain: There were two apparently unrelated deaths.
(Definition of apparently adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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