ostensible - appearing as such but not necessarily so; for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent; the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies; the ostensible truth of their theories; his seeming honesty.
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ostensibly - definition and synonyms. Close. 90% of the time, speakers of English use just 7,500 words in speech and writing. These words appear in red, and are graded with stars. One-star words are frequent, two-star words are more frequent, and three-star words are the most frequent.
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It must be confessed that these observations apply with principal weight to the first case supposed -- that is , to a plurality of magistrates of equal dignity and authority a scheme , the advocates for which are not likely to form a numerous sect ; but they apply , though not with equal , yet with considerable weight to the project of a council , ...
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The thesaurus of synonyms and related words is fully integrated into the dictionary. Click on the thesaurus category heading under the button in an entry to see the synonyms and related words for that meaning. He was ostensibly on holiday, but actually he was on a diplomatic mission.
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1 To kill some time I telephoned Ethel Reagan, ostensibly to thank her.  I felt terrible that I'd let the pussy out of the sack on our location, even if to someone ostensibly on our side.
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Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity. [French, from Medieval Latin ostēnsibilis, from Latin ostēnsus, past participle of ostendere, to show : ob-, ob- + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] os·ten′si·bly adv.
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Ostensibly is defined as apparently or seemingly. An example of ostensibly is someone saying that he was just a dog owner when, in fact, he was a dog breeder, he was ostensibly a dog owner. Adverb.
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The tourists were eagerly buying all sorts and styles of paper-cutters, marked Souvenir of the Rigi, with handles made of the little curved horn of the ostensible chamois; there were all manner of wooden goblets and such things, similarly marked.
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1 I felt terrible that I'd let the pussy out of the sack on our location, even if to someone ostensibly on our side.  No one out here but the cook, he answered as Paul reached for the bottle, ostensibly to look at the label.
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definition of ostensibly
Ostensibly means apparently or seemingly.