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Ostensibly

Ostensibly Meaning & Definition
Ostensibly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ostensibly?

[adv] from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ostensibly: apparently | on the face of it | seemingly

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ostensibly: allegedly | apparently | arrantly | artificially | as a cover | as a pretext | as an excuse | as it seems | at first sight | avowedly | blatantly | boldly | clearly | conspicuously | demonstrably | erroneously | evidently | externally | factitiously | falsely | flagrantly | for public consumption | for the record | glaringly | in name only | manifestly | markedly | nominally | notably | noticeably | notoriously | obtrusively | obviously | on the surface | ostensively | outstandingly | outwardly | patently | plainly | plausibly | prima facie | professedly | prominently | pronouncedly | purportedly | saliently | seemingly | spuriously | staringly | strikingly | superficially | synthetically | to all appearances | to all seeming | to the eye | truthlessly | ungenuinely | unnaturally | untruly | unveraciously

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Ostensibly In Webster's Dictionary

\Os*ten"si*bly\, adv. In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently. --Walsh. Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico. --U. S. Grant.

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