2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak.
3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
APPARENTNESS
Ap*par"ent*ness, n.
Defn: Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.
[R.] Sherwood.
APPARITION
Ap`pa*ri"tion, n. Etym: [F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr. apparere.
See Appear.]
1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott.
2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. Which apparition, it seems, was you. Tatler.
3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. "The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition." Milton. I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. Shak.
4. (Astron.)
Defn: The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; — opposed to occultation. Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle.