Synonyms:
apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)
Meaning: appearing as such but not necessarily so; "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"
Usage examples
"I mean, in seeming not to trust you.
"I mean that you mustn't mind her seeming to be so hard.
"I had no idea of seeming curious as to your private correspondence, Miss Gray.
"Every day, every day!" said the captain quickly, seeming cheered at the thought.
There lay the awful white block, seeming to his eyes just the same as he had left it.
But it's just such seeming trifles that we've got to take seriously; such things count."
'Might I ask, without seeming impertinent, whether you have any intention of selling it?'
Ethelwyn smiled.--She was now as collected as I was, seeming to have cast off all her weakness.
She feared he had ceased to love her; and she--she only loved him more and more for his seeming neglect.
He was a small eater, seeming to regard meals as a waste of time, and he seldom drank anything but water.