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apparently(adverb, surface, likely, evidently, obviously)
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seemingly(adverb, surface, apparently, evidently, probably)
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ostensibly(adverb, surface, apparently, probably, possibly)
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at first sight(expression, idiom, adverb, apparently, seemingly)
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credible(presumptively, imaginably)
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evidently(adverb, surface)
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externally(adverb, surface)
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hypothetically(presumptively, imaginably)
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in all likelihood(expression, idiom, presumptively, imaginably)
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it would seem(expression, idiom, presumptively, imaginably)
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most likely(expression, presumptively, imaginably)
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on the surface
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outwardly(adverb, surface, apparently, evidently, probably)
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presumably(adverb, likely, reasonably, presumptively, imaginably)
1
professedly(adverb, apparently, evidently, obviously, probably)
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superficially(adverb, surface, apparently, evidently, probably)
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surely(adverb, likely, apparently, reasonably, doubtless)
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as far as one can see
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as it may be(expression, idiom, presumptively, imaginably)
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assumably(presumptively, imaginably)
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