Questions & Answers about Han har tydligen redan gått hem.
What does tydligen mean here, and how sure is the speaker?
Tydligen means apparently or evidently. It is an epistemic adverb, which means it shows the speaker's attitude or level of certainty. Here, it implies the speaker is drawing a conclusion based on evidence (like seeing his empty desk) rather than knowing it as an absolute fact.
Why are there two adverbs (tydligen and redan) next to each other, and does their order matter?
Both tydligen (apparently) and redan (already) are sentence adverbs. In a main clause, they belong right after the first verb (har). When stacking adverbs, those showing attitude or certainty like tydligen generally come before adverbs of time like redan.
If I start the sentence with Tydligen, what happens to the word order?
Why does the sentence use hem instead of hemma?