Transport cafe onto thief, seemingly (2,3,4,2,2)
I believe the answer is:
on the face of it
'seemingly' is the definition.
('on the face of it' can be a synonym of 'seemingly')
'transport cafe onto thief' is the wordplay.
'transport' is an anagram indicator (each letter must be moved or 'transported').
'cafe'+'onto'+'thief'='cafeontothief'
'cafeontothief' anagrammed gives 'ON THE FACE OF IT'.
(Other definitions for on the face of it that I've seen before include "Apparently (2,3,4,2,2)" , "Ostensibly (2,3,4,2,2)" , "at a quick glance" , "as it would appear" , "Where over mountain one might see climber" .)