{
    "term": "apparently",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "according to what you have heard or read; according to the way something appears",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Apparently they are getting divorced soon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I thought she had retired, but apparently she hasn't."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He paused, apparently lost in thought."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government was apparently unaware of the magnitude of the crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The security forces were apparently taken by surprise."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpærəntli/",
                "audio": "ap/apparently/apparently__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpærəntli/",
                "audio": "ap/apparently/apparently__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}