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                           Phrase(s): by all appearances  apparently; according to what one sees or how things seem.  •  She is, by all appearances, ready to resume work.  •  By all appearances, we ought to be approaching the airport.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs