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apparency

apparency noun: the quality of being apparent; apparentness.

Noun

apparency (countable and uncountable, plural apparencies)

  1. The quality of being apparent; apparentness.
    • the non-apparency of either or both being accounted for by the disproportion of our senses1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend
  2. (obsolete) Appearance.
  3. The position of being heir apparent.

apparency meaning in Tamil

apparency in Tamil

வெளிப்படைத் தெளிவு, சட்டப்படி உறுதியான பின்னுரிழை

Antonyms of apparency

Forms of apparency

pluralapparencies
alternative formapparence

Origin of apparency

From Middle English apparancie, from Latin appārentia. Doublet of apparence and appearance.

Words formed from apparency

Questions about apparency

What does apparency mean?
Apparency means the quality of being apparent; apparentness.
What is apparency in Tamil?
Apparency in Tamil is வெளிப்படைத் தெளிவு, சட்டப்படி உறுதியான பின்னுரிழை. See Apparency meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is apparency?
Apparency is a noun.
What is the plural of apparency?
The plural of apparency is apparencies.

Words near apparency in the dictionary

  1. apparelments
  2. apparels
  3. apparence
  4. apparences
  5. apparencies
  6. apparency
  7. apparent
  8. apparent brightness
  9. apparent brightnesses
  10. apparent charge
  11. apparent death

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apparency (page history and authors); apparency (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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