Associations to the word «Seemingly»

Wiktionary

SEEMINGLY, adverb. To appearances; apparently.
SEEMINGLY, adverb. In a seemly manner; decorously; with propriety.

Dictionary definition

SEEMINGLY, adverb. 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".

Wise words

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain