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# evidently

«evidently» in Mova's school dictionary: **clearly or obviously, because you can see it from the signs** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (evidently)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Evidently means clearly or obviously, because you can see it from the signs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidently/#m1)

2) Evidently can also mean apparently, «it seems that», when you have heard or worked something out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidently/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories and reports to show a conclusion from clues: «Evidently, someone had been in the kitchen.» Good for detective writing and inference in reading. Phrases: was evidently, evidently not.

### examples

- There were crumbs everywhere; evidently, someone had eaten the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidently/#x1)
- She was evidently tired after the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidently/#x2)
- Evidently the bus is late again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidently/#x3)
- The dog was evidently happy to see us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidently/#x4)
- Evidently, nobody had read the instructions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidently/#x5)
- He had evidently been crying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidently/#x6)
- They were evidently a new kind of rabbit altogether. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidently/#x7)

### note

Comes from evident (clear). Slightly formal; in speech people say «obviously» or «clearly». Do not mix up with «evidential». A good reading skill: notice the clue that makes something evident.

### In the corpora

- [But you are evidently in sore trouble and distress, so I will not desert you.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «evidently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.