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 →

2) Evidently can also mean apparently, «it seems that», when you have heard or worked something out. tree →

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 →
• She was evidently tired after the match. tree →
• Evidently the bus is late again. tree →
• The dog was evidently happy to see us. tree →
• Evidently, nobody had read the instructions. tree →
• He had evidently been crying. tree →
• They were evidently a new kind of rabbit altogether. tree →

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.»

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «evidently» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.