No. 2,317 in Dutch
schijnbaar
Seemingly; apparently.
In a sentence
Schijnbaar heeft hij het boek gelezen, maar hij kent de inhoud niet.
Apparently, he read the book, but he doesn't know its contents.
'Schijnbaar' here implies that based on external indications, it appears that he has read the book, but there is doubt about whether he understood or retained the content.
Schijnbaar regende het eerder, want de grond is nat.
It seemingly rained earlier, as the ground is wet.
Here, 'schijnbaar' suggests that the wet ground gives the impression that it rained earlier.
Hij gaf een schijnbaar eenvoudig antwoord, maar het was erg complex.
He gave an apparently simple answer, but it was very complex.
In this sentence, 'schijnbaar' denotes that the answer appeared simple on the surface, though it was actually complex.
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