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1. From appearances alone
   "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"
   - seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it
    
2. Unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')
   "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"
   - obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, plainly, plain

See also: apparent