The aim of this article is to give a semantic and enunciative description of Modern French adverb apparemment . This description is supported additionally by the evolution of apparemment from Medieval French until today. Modern French presents three separate uses of the adverb. A pparemment , quite scarce today, is a item subjunct which occurs only in negative contexts. Apparemment  , is a polyphonic subjunct, and determines an adjective or a past participle with the meaning “seemingly, [but not actually]”. Apparemment  is an enunciative polyphonic adverb, very common today in spoken French. When uttering apparemment 3 p , the speaker refers to a certain number of facts, which he presents as indications supporting a conclusion he does not entirely assume. Apparemment is used by the speaker to distance himself from a certain viewpoint. It can be related to a pragmatic function of attenuation, and thus works as a marker of the enunciative attitude of the speaker.