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appar.

appar. is the abbreviation of apparently.

Meaning of apparently

Adverb

apparently (comparative more apparently, superlative most apparently)

  1. (rare) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
    • If he should scorn me so apparently.1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act 4, scene 1
  2. Seemingly; in appearance.
    • A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
  3. According to what the speaker has read or heard.
    • Apparently you are quite a good dancer.
  4. (often, sarcastic) According to what one can deduce.
    • Peridot: I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!
      Yellow Diamond: What do you know about the Earth?!
      Peridot: Apparently more than you, you clod!2016, “Message Received”, in Steven Universe

Forms of appar.

alternative formappar

Questions about appar.

What is appar. the abbreviation of?
Appar. is the abbreviation of apparently.

Words near appar. in the dictionary

  1. appanaging
  2. appanagist
  3. appanagists
  4. Appanoose County
  5. appar
  6. appar.
  7. apparachik
  8. apparachiki
  9. apparachiks
  10. apparant
  11. apparat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: appar. (page history and authors); apparently (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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