This is the 951st most frequent Dutch word.
kennelijk
Clearly apparent; evidently.
The word 'kennelijk' is used to express the speaker's awareness of the obvious difficulty of solving the problem, based on the presented information.
Het is kennelijk moeilijk om dit probleem op te lossen.
It is evidently difficult to solve this problem.
The word 'kennelijk' implies the speaker's inference based on evidence or observation, suggesting a conclusion that something appears to be true.
Kennelijk heeft hij het antwoord niet begrepen.
Apparently, he did not understand the answer.
Here, 'kennelijk' indicates the speaker's deduction about the reason for their tardiness, inferred from the situation.