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"seemingly" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often quasi (5 letters).
Definitions
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Word origin
From Middle English semyngly, equivalent to seeming + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“[…] an object, seemingly like those which we have experienced, may be attended with different or contrary effects.”
“He sacrificed nothing, laboring to get even the most seemingly insignificant element of every record perfect.”
“With rain lashing across the ground at kick-off and every man in Auckland seemingly either English-born or supporting Scotland, Eden Park was transformed into Murrayfield in March.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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