"seemingly" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, section 15, Oxford University Press, published 1973",
          "text": "[…] an object, seemingly like those which we have experienced, may be attended with different or contrary effects.",
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          "ref": "1816, Jane Austen, chapter 8, in Emma, volume 1",
          "text": "Mr. Woodhouse at last was off; but Mr. Knightley, instead of being immediately off likewise, sat down again, seemingly inclined for more chat. He began speaking of Harriet, and speaking of her with more voluntary praise than Emma had ever heard before.",
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          "ref": "2006, Ace Collins, More Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, page 64",
          "text": "He sacrificed nothing, laboring to get even the most seemingly insignificant element of every record perfect.",
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          "ref": "2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport",
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        "As it appears; apparently."
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          "text": "It was possibly chagrin at this neglect that caused James to omit the most ordinary courtesies to the few gentlemen who had behaved seemingly:[…].",
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          "ref": "1974, G[odfrey] N[wanoruo] Uzoigwe, Britain and the Conquest of Africa: The Age of Salisbury, page 180",
          "text": "[…]was restored to his throne but only on the understanding that he behave seemingly.",
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          "ref": "1989, Yi-fu Tuan, Morality & Imagination: Paradoxes of Progress, page 40",
          "text": "[…]they know the roles and statuses of deities, ancestral spirits, and men, and how to behave seemingly in their presence.",
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        "In a seemly manner; decorously; with propriety."
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