How to use evidently in a sentence
40 example sentences · adverb
Evidently means in a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred. Example: “Evidently, senior management has no idea how things get done by those of us on the ground.”
Examples of evidently by meaning
adverbIn a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.
- To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.1963, Margery Allingham, “The Elopers”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 33
More sentences with evidently
- Evidently, senior management has no idea how things get done by those of us on the ground.From the entry on the ground
- The crying child on the street was evidently lost.From the entry crying
- I didn't know he was empathic until I realized that he had evidently read my mind with his cyborg implant.From the entry empathic
- Evidently the Pliny-emblem playfully teaches a moral lesson to the scholarlily oriented reader.2021, Karl A. E.. Enenkel, Jan de Jong, Jeanine de Landtsheer, Recreating Ancient History, page 282. From the entry scholarlily
- He evidently gets a heap too loose tongue if you offer him just a little civility.2019, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne, Kate Meredith, Financier. From the entry carry corn
- The recognition of what pollutes evidently reflects deep-seated abhorrences, whose cause and origin are difficult to discover.2018, Dr. Philip J. Budd, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker, Numbers, volume 5, page 55. From the entry abhorrence
- The Kappa Beta Nu chapter of Briar University is evidently a lot stricter than the Brown chapter.2018, Elle Kennedy, The Chase, Elle Kennedy Inc., →ISBN. From the entry Voldemort
- It was a live broadcast, some talk show; evidently Prentis had managed to get himself defrogged.2015, Nancy Springer, Fair Peril. From the entry defrog
- The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad.2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian. From the entry pose
- The ambitions for schmeat are huge, but the taste evidently falls short of a standard burger.2013 August 5, Catherine Mayer, “Meet 'Schmeat': Say Hello to the Stem-Cell Hamburger”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry shmeat
- Dynamitic portmanteaus of evidently American origin have been found at Charing Cross and Paddington Stations.2011, Jane Stanford, That Irishman: The Life and Times of John O'Connor Power. From the entry dynamitic
- Some well-to-do pageanteers evidently traveled around the country to appear in one pageant after another.2010, Morna O'Neill, Michael Hatt, The Edwardian Sense, page 57. From the entry pageanteer
- Although he was apprenticed to a longbowstringmaker, he evidently earned his living as a wiredrawer.2008, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. From the entry longbowstringmaker
- Behind a counter two young women, both evidently Asian, served a queue including a tipsy fellifluous Irishman.2007, Dannie Abse, The Presence, →ISBN, page 150. From the entry fellifluous
- Watching another icon's anguished passing was evidently far too close to home for him to comfortably endure.2006 April 15, Nick Kent, “What a drag”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry close to home
- Furthermore, this virtue evidently involves an Aristotelian mean—somewhere between hubris and Heepishness.2006, Timothy Chappell, Values and Virtues: Aristotelianism in Contemporary Ethics, Oxford University Press, page 73. From the entry Heepishness
- "Evidently Tiger was a real 'Conan the Destroyer' beastie," reports Harding.2005 November 3, “Presidential Cat Tales”, in Time. From the entry wear out one's welcome
- Evidently if we had found any ‘smoking gun’ we would have reported it to the Council.2003 January 9, Hans Blix, “Notes for Briefing the Security Council”, in UNMOVIC. From the entry smoking gun
- But the dreadsome must evidently be of a nature we cannot do anything about.2001, Magda King, A Guide to Heidegger's Being and Time. From the entry dreadsome
- Reever's ability to link with me evidently had no limit on distance.2000, S. L. Viehl, Stardoc, Book 1. From the entry environome
- The hoard evidently belonged to a merchant who was forced to hide it in an emergency.1998, Jonathan Karam Skaff, “Sasanian and Arab-Sasanian Silver Coins from Turfan: Their Relationship to International Trade and the Local…. From the entry Wu-ch'ia
- Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done.1997, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (film). From the entry cycloptic
- Evidently, this will be the major challenge for coronavirologists in the years to come.1995, S. Siddell, The Coronaviridae, page 134. From the entry coronavirologist
- The ingo of the doorway was evidently spanned with timber lintels, but none survive.1980, Argyll - an Inventory of the Monuments, page 204. From the entry ingo
- Evidently a new approach to the development of an elixir was in order.1975, Gary Shelton Williams, “A Study of the Oral Nature of the Han Yueh-fu”, in 古代中国, Society for the Study of Early China, page 26…. From the entry elixirist
- I have been hearing lately from Lowell, who evidently is not as yet a Madrilene.1974, Henry James, Leon Edel, Letters - Volume 2, page 197. From the entry madrilene
- Evidently he waited for the robotrix attendant to finish fueling up his ship.1974, Philip K[indred] Dick, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, Inc., published 1975, page 198. From the entry robotrix
- Evidently they know that failure to learn the ropes may preclude learning anything else.1970, Stephen J. Miller, “Learning the Work of an Internship”, in Prescription for Leadership: Training for the Medical Elite…. From the entry learn the ropes
- Gingell is evidently expected to have a plateful of work for some long time to come.1964 June, “News and Comment: Channel Tunnel finance”, in Modern Railways, page 371. From the entry plateful
- Evidently, organisms adapt well enough to ‘satisfice’; they do not, in general, ‘optimize’.1956, H[erbert] A. Simon, “Rational Choice and the Structure of the Environment”, in Psychological Review, volume 63, number 2, page 129. From the entry satisfice
- Evidently, we have not been able to get the idea over to the American people.1953, Committee on Banking and Currency, quoting The Chairman (Homer E. Capehart), “Monday, March 23, 1953”, in Standby Economic Controls…. From the entry Marxite
- Evidently the instigator of this reprimand had not visited the railway in blackberry time!1950 March, Eric S. Tonks, “The Whitacre—Hampton-in-Arden Line, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 187. From the entry rap
- Evidently George was to become the whipping-boy for his wife's transgressions.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry whipping-boy
- Miss Frensham evidently did foresee some satisfaction in talking about it, for she came at once.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry promptness
- Burdon had evidently prepared himself badly for his viva voce examination.1925 February 27, “The Railway Budget. Presentation in Both Houses.”, in The Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News, volume LII, number 9…. From the entry m'yes
- His attitude to you was evidently the outcome of the circumstances.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry do with
- He was hatless, vestless, and evidently had just enjoyed a morning drink.1915, Zane Grey, The Lone Star Ranger. From the entry vestless
- However that may be, the hostility of the comic writers had evidently a general hostility behind it.1913, Gilbert Murray, Euripides and His Age, Chapter II. From the entry persistency
- He was a timid lad and he shrank away now, evidently fearing Shell.1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine. From the entry blush
Meaning of evidently
- adverb In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.
- adverb In such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly.
- adverb Apparently.
Questions about evidently in a sentence
- How do you use evidently in a sentence?
- Evidently is used as an adverb. For example: “Evidently, senior management has no idea how things get done by those of us on the ground.”
- What is a short sentence with evidently?
- “The crying child on the street was evidently lost.”
- What does evidently mean?
- Evidently means in a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.
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