What is the meaning of seeming?

verb

• Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
  • usage: "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
  • synonyms: look, appear, seem
• Seem to be true, probable, or apparent.
  • usage: "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
  • synonyms: appear, seem
• Appear to exist.
  • usage: "There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now"
  • synonyms: seem
• Appear to one's own mind or opinion.
  • usage: "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"
  • synonyms: seem

adjective

• Appearing as such but not necessarily so.
  • usage: "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
  • synonyms: apparent, ostensible