Definition of "apparently"

apparently

/əˈpæɹ.ənt.liː/

adverb
comparative more apparently, superlative most apparently
1. (archaic) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
  Quotations
  If he should scorn me so apparently.
  1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act 4, scene 1
  One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.
  1633, Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], Loues Sacrifice. A Tragedie […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Hugh Beeston, […], (please specify the page)
2. Seemingly; in appearance.
  Quotations
  The r-stems had apparently been reduced to the five nuclear kinship terms that still survive in Modern English.
  2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 197
3. According to what the speaker has read or heard.
  Quotations
  " […] Apparently they are going to contact the adoption agency and see if they can locate that child. […] "
  2006, Lois Lewandowski, The Fatal Heir: A Gillian Jones Mystery, iUniverse, page 169