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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Apparent; ostensible.
- noun Outward appearance; semblance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a becoming or seemly manner; seemly.
- Becoming; befitting; proper; seemly.
- That appears to be (real, proper, or the like); having a semblance or appearance of being real, or what is purported; ostensible; apparent: as, seeming happiness; a seeming friend.
- noun Appearance; show; outward appearance or looks; semblance; especially, a false appearance.
- noun Fair appearance.
- noun Opinion; judgment; way of thinking; estimate; apprehension.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting.
- noun Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness.
- noun obsolete Apprehension; judgment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
seem . - adjective
apparent - noun outward appearance
- noun obsolete
apprehension ;judgement
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective appearing as such but not necessarily so
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Examples
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The page repeated, her name seeming to fill the crowded hallway.
STRANGE NEW WORLDS 10 Dean Wesley Smith 2007
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The page repeated, her name seeming to fill the crowded hallway.
STRANGE NEW WORLDS 10 Dean Wesley Smith 2007
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The page repeated, her name seeming to fill the crowded hallway.
STRANGE NEW WORLDS 10 Dean Wesley Smith 2007
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Rob called to her, his expression seeming unusually earnest in the face of his loss.
The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985
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Rob called to her, his expression seeming unusually earnest in the face of his loss.
The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985
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Rob called to her, his expression seeming unusually earnest in the face of his loss.
The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985
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“I’m sorry,” Eden voiced the feeling in the room, the phrase seeming inadequate.
Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984
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“I’m sorry,” Eden voiced the feeling in the room, the phrase seeming inadequate.
Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984
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“I’m sorry,” Eden voiced the feeling in the room, the phrase seeming inadequate.
Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984
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“I’m sorry,” Eden voiced the feeling in the room, the phrase seeming inadequate.
Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984
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Words with the same meaning
- Barmecidal
- Barmecide
- Prospero
- acting
- affectation
- airiness
- airy
- alleged
- angle
- apparent
- apparitional
- appearance
- appearing
- apprehension
- aspect
- assumed
- attitudinizing
- autistic
- bearing
- befitting
- bluff
- bluffing
- cheating
- chimeric
- color
- colorable
- colored
- coloring
- configuration
- cortical
- deception
- deceptive
- delusion
- delusional
- delusionary
- delusive
- delusiveness
- delusory
- demeanor
- dereistic
- disguise
- dissemblance
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- dreamlike
- dreamy
- effect
- eidolon
- epidermic
- erroneous
- evident
- exomorphic
- exterior
- exteriority
- external
- externality
- externalness
- extrinsic
- extrinsicality
- facade
- face
- facet
- fakery
- faking
- fallacious
- fallaciousness
- false
- false air
- false appearance
- false face
- false front
- false light
- false show
- falseness
- falsity
- fantastic
- fashion
- feature
- feigned
- feigning
- feint
- figure
- foreignness
- form
- four-flushing
- fraud
- fringe
- front
- gestalt
- gilded
- gilt
- gloss
- guise
- humbug
- humbuggery
- idealization
- illusion
- illusional
- illusionary
- illusionism
- illusionist
- illusive
- illusiveness
- illusory
- image
- imaginary
- imago
- immateriality
- imposture
- impression
- judgment
- light
- likeness
- lineaments
- look
- magic
- magic act
- magic show
- magician
- manner
- masquerade
- meretricious
- meretriciousness
- mien
- misleading
- open
- openness
- ostensible
- ostentation
- out
- outer
- outermost
- outerness
- outlying
- outmost
- outside
- outstanding
- outward
- outward appearance
- outward show
- outward-facing
- outwardness
- peripheral
- phantasmagoric
- phantasmal
- phantom
- phase
- phasis
- plausible
- playacting
- pose
- posing
- posture
- prestidigitation
- pretended
- pretense
- pretension
- pretext
- professed
- public
- purported
- reference
- regard
- representation
- respect
- roundabout
- self-deceptive
- self-deluding
- semblance
- shallowness
- sham
- shape
- show
- showing
- side
- simulacrum
- simulation
- slant
- sleight of hand
- so-called
- sorcerer
- sorcery
- specious
- specious appearance
- speciousness
- spectral
- style
- superficial
- superficiality
- supposititious
- surface
- tinsel
- total effect
- twist
- unactual
- unactuality
- unfounded
- unreal
- unreality
- unsubstantial
- unsubstantiality
- varnish
- view
- viewpoint
- visible
- visionary
- window dressing
- wise
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