evidently Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
    patently; plainly; plain; obviously; manifestly; apparently.
    • 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

WordNet


Ev"i*dent*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.
    Before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth. Gal. iii. 1.
    He has evidently in the prime of youth. W. Irving.

Webster 1913