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Spell Bee Word: evidently


Basic Details

Word: Evidently

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: In a way that is clear to see; plainly. It is also used to mean 'it seems', when you judge from signs, as in 'Evidently, the shop had closed early.'

Synonyms: clearly, obviously, plainly, apparently

How to Spell Evidently

Syllables: ev - i - dent - ly

Tricky part: Students add an extra al and write evidentally, or change dent to dant. It is simply evident + ly.

Watch out for: evidentally, evidantly, evidentlly

Memory tip: Spell evident first, then add ly and stop. There is no 'tally' in evidently.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Ravi was evidently upset, because he left the room without a word.

Example 2: The road was wet, and evidently it had rained during the night.

Example 3: The puppy was evidently hungry; it had already licked the bowl clean.

Fun Fact

Evident comes from Latin evidens, clear to see, built on videre, to see - the same root as video, vision and visible.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Add -ly to each word. Only one gives a correct spelling with no letter changed. Choose it:

-ly

a) gentle
b) evident
c) happy
d) true

Show answer

b) evident. Gentle becomes gently, happy becomes happily and true becomes truly, but evident just takes ly.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

evidentley

a) l
b) e
c) y
d) t

Show answer

b) e. The word ends dent-ly; there is no e between l and y.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word evidently as used in the sentence:

The visitors were evidently tired after the long climb to the fort.

a) clearly
b) doubtfully
c) secretly
d) hardly

Show answer

a) clearly. Their tiredness was plain to see, so clearly is the closest meaning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 'Evidently, the shop had closed early' suggests the speaker ____.

a) owned the shop
b) locked the shop
c) wanted the shop to close
d) judged this from what could be seen

Show answer

d) judged this from what could be seen

2. Evidently is built from which adjective?

a) event
b) evident
c) evidence
d) evade

Show answer

b) evident

Associated Words

purposehardlyvixenspeculateeast
demonstrativeinterruptconvincedrarelyenchantress

Next steps

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