Despite the apparent seriousness of his tone of voice, the suggestion is incongruous enough that he can not have meant it in earnest.

He glanced at her to see whether her expression matched the apparent seriousness of her question.

"I didn't even know it was Sept. 5 she was starting," he said, with apparent seriousness.

With apparent seriousness, she said, "There's no such thing."

Woggy was taken in by the apparent seriousness of the oath and solemnly shook the dead Turk's hand.

A certain seriousness apparent under the joyousness of his earlier work grew on him with years.

There was fun and outrageousness to be had in the four dances that completed the program, but a good deal less apparent seriousness or weight.

Given the apparent seriousness of his illness, there has been widespread speculation that the chief justice will announce his retirement sometime this winter.

I was chilled by my friend's apparent seriousness.

"He didn't rule it out in the long run," the adviser said, in apparent seriousness.