as in seemingly
to all outward appearances
the lake's putatively pristine water is actually crawling with microorganisms that can wreak havoc with your gastrointestinal system
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Adverb
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Staying long after the funeral, the seemingly benign Jérémie begins to casually insinuate himself into his late mentor’s family.—
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2025
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Ne-Yo has seemingly added his backup dancer, Bri, to his polyamorous relationship.—
Adverb
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The versatile Chestnut, 56, leads with intellect, charm and six-pack abs as Dr. John Watson, the beloved colleague of the apparently deceased Sherlock Holmes, in CBS' modern series.—
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Leslie Bibb is Kate, a Texas housewife apparently married to a tycoon.—
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The government responded with an affidavit, supposedly from a prominent general, saying that the land had to be cleared and fenced off for military reasons, to prevent terror attacks.—
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This season, Will Venable will lead the team having supposedly been hired without Reinsdorf putting his thumb on the scale.—
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Adames also stopped by the Arizona complex after signing his record-setting seven-year, $182 million contract, ostensibly to check out the Giants’ facilities and scope out houses in the Scottsdale area.—
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While the premise is ostensibly a tour through the different eras of New York City, the real purpose was to tour the different eras of SNL casts through this big, brassy prism.—
Adverb
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But Vought’s smile and the evidently apolitical nature of the 28 words posted on Facebook and X were anything but normal for progressive alums.—
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And Stone, who’s 81 now, evidently couldn’t be cajoled into comment.—
Adverb
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Six-year-old Louis and nine-year-old Charlotte's portraits presumably depict Kate, from the shoulders up.—
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Now Quentin and his merry band of murderous gays are dead by her hand, presumably leaving Greg to enjoy an undivided inheritance of $500 million.—
Adverb
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That's probably what's happening in places like Vegas and Florida, where airfares were cheapest.—
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Anyone who offers a confident explanation of the situation is probably wrong.—
Adverb
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The map sense, however, likely relies on a different mechanism.—
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If you get checked for vaginal ulcers, your healthcare provider will likely start by asking about your symptoms.—
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“Putatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putatively. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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