adverb
definition
As it appears; apparently.
definition
In a seemly manner; decorously; with propriety.
Examples of seemingly in a Sentence
Elisabeth strolled in from the kitchen, seemingly oblivious to situation.
It is seemingly instantaneous at last.
In all that region of achievement the Chinese potters stood alone and seemingly unapproachable.
Jesus Himself cast out the demon, but not before the suffering child had been rendered seemingly lifeless by a final assault.
His strikes were hard and fast and seemingly from every direction.
Leprosy is rather common, but seemingly only slightly contagious.
Seemingly the widespread Babylonian culture had not reached the Aegean peoples; yet these peoples cannot have been wholly ignorant of things with which commercial intercourse brought them in contact.
His doctrine at that date appears to have been very vague; he seemingly rejected the invocation of saints and also second marriages, and preached penitence.
Another chain of volcanoes runs from Ichinskaya (which burst into activity several times in the 18th and igth centuries) to Shiveluch, seemingly parallel to the above but farther north.
Then follows the usual allusion to Clematius; the date is expressly fixed at 238, and the whole revelation is seemingly ascribed to St Cordula, one of the 11,000 who, after escaping death on the first day by hiding in one of the vessels, on the morrow gave herself up to death of her own accord.
Since the oldest part of the structure dates from 1454, however, and seemingly had no predecessor, the tradition has no foundation in fact.
He was a reluctant hero sent on a seemingly impossible quest.
Perioeci might serve as petty officers or even rise to divisional commands, especially in the fleet, but seemingly they were never set over Spartiates.
The rhinoceros and the elephant both occur in the northern part of the island, though both are somewhat rare, and in this connexion it should be noted that the distribution of quadrupeds as between Borneo, Sumatra and the Malayan Peninsula is somewhat peculiar and seemingly somewhat capricious.
Plastic fireclays, paving and brick clays are available in seemingly limitless quantities.
In the same century at Rome and at Constantinople we hear of "penitentiaries," that is priests appointed to act for the bishop in hearing the confession of sins, and deciding whether public discipline was necessary and, if it was, on its duration; in other words they prepared the penitents for solemn reconciliation by the bishop. A scandal at Constantinople in 391 led to the suppression in that city not only of the office of penitentiary, but practically of public exomologesis also, and that seemingly in Eastern Christendom generally, so that the individual was left to assess his own penance, and to present himself for communion at his own discretion.
Still, it is strange how completely this seemingly isolated passage takes command of the development of early theology.
Dr Smiles, in his Memoirs of John Murray, tells of certain pamphlets on the brightening prospects of the Spanish South American colonies, then in the first enjoyment of emancipation - pamphlets seemingly written for a Mr Powles, head of a great financial firm, whose acquaintance Disraeli had made.
Brown, whose work may be regarded not only as the last word on the subject, but as embodying a seemingly complete and satisfactory solution of a problem which has absorbed an important part of the energies of mathematical astronomers since the time of Hipparchus.
The early governors seemingly had orders to deal as fairly as possible with the natives, and this involved them in quarrels with the "conquerors," whose object was to carve out principalities for themselves, and who only nominally respected the sovereign's wishes.
He inferred from the regularity of their general movements the rotation of the sun on its axis in a period of little less than a month; and he grounded on the varying nature of the paths seemingly traversed by them a plausible, though inconclusive, argument in favour of the earth's annual revolution.
Willows and poplars, with a few other plants of more temperate regions, are found rarely at Aix, and seemingly point to casual introduction from surrounding mountains.
In April General Graham and his forces were withdrawn from Suakin, and Gordon and the Sudan were seemingly abandoned to their fate.
Modern science has converted "Steamer Point" into a seemingly impregnable position, the peninsula which the "Point" forms to the whole crater being cut off by a fortified line which runs from north to south, just to the east of the coal wharfs.
Thus it came about that, as Professor Schiemann puts it, " Potemkin's scenery was brought out again," and Nicholas walked with conscious self-approval through a Russia seemingly well ordered, but in fact merely temporarily prepared for each stage of his progress.
While Betsy had located some seemingly compatible cases, everyone wanted to offer input on which ones were the most critical and how or what tip lines we'd utilize.
A pair of older boys stood atop a corner building with a water cannon, letting lose on the paraders with a stream from their high, seemingly secure position—until the fire truck proved its might by soaking them and their perch, to the delight of the crowd.
Tiny blossoms struggled out of incredibly hostile locations, seemingly growing from the rocks themselves before celebrating their success in a brilliance of color.
He didn't understand the significance of the seemingly benign keypads.
His seemingly generous offer to allow her an extended vacation had been nothing more than a cleverly constructed plan to keep her tied to Denton.
How do we know it is not our own selfish desires disguised by the unconscious into seemingly altruistic motives?
He is similar to Hague, with sound principles and seemingly impeccable character; but, he lacks Hague's delivery.
A seemingly innate ability to put herself right in relation to the work she had to do never deserted her.
These seemingly mundane objects are seen in an intriguing new light.
They have become a seemingly ubiquitous part of our national culture.
Now in the war's aftermath they had masses of redundant aircraft with a seemingly endless supply of spares.
By contrast Large Whites flutter and wander in a seemingly aimless fashion, tossed by the breeze.
So I was understandably apprehensive about going on a holiday where a second attempt at the seemingly impossible was likely to be unavoidable.
It's a seemingly arbitrary list that has little in the way of logic - like a lot of things you encounter in here.
This seemingly arcane finding could be of significance where an insurance claim is being made.
Note how the author's seemingly banal insights into his own life come together to form a coherent, devastating whole.
Born to a seemingly barren women, Joseph's parents think he is a'miracle child ' sent by God for a special purpose.
With a seemingly bottomless bag of tricks, Gaughan is one of those rare freaks who seem good at just about anything he tries.
His energy and enthusiasm for pushing the boundaries of the possible are seemingly boundless.
In contrast to the Windsor's who expect and demand seemingly endless bowing and scraping.
He has the vampire buster yellow robes seen in Mr Vampire, and a seemingly endless supply of magic swords.
Tens of thousands of people were emboldened by the participatory praxis of the seemingly bygone anti-capitalist movement.
I did manage to get a nice cape from Ebay but seemingly they are not shipping feathers across the pond anymore.
This decoration, like that seemingly carefree throwing of soft clay on her Japanese kick wheel, is taken to its limits.
These are regions steeped in history, whose every village seemingly hides an architectural treasure, from Romanesque chapels to crumbling castles.