As if and Seemingly

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As if conjunction - The way it would be or one would do if.

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Seemingly and as if are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Seemingly" instead an adverb phrase "As if".

Seemingly adverb - From appearances alone.

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As if and seemingly are semantically related. You can use "As if" instead an adverb "Seemingly".

Nearby Words: seeming, seem, seemed

Foreshadowing: The King of Red Lions, for seemingly inexplicable reasons, knows exactly how the Pirate's Charm works and uses it almost as if he were the one to give it to Link instead of Tetra.

Source: Videogame / The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
A person from the Lance Empire shows up and informs Foster that the ship has an AI yet seemingly has no security systems among other systems, as if it had left the factory before being complete.

Source: Roleplay / Go Through The Alphabet Before Somebody Posts A My Little Pony Picture
To add to her seemingly robotic appearance, they look as if they are perpetually wide with shock.

Source: Exotic Eye Designs

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