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What is "ostensibly" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does ostensibly mean in English? Meaning of ostensibly definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "ostensibly" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "ostensibly": from appearances alone

Adverb

  • Meaning: from appearances alone
  • Example: 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 on the face of it the problem seems minor
  • Synonyms: apparently on the face of it ostensibly seemingly

    • Pronunciation in US: /ɑːˈstɛn.sə.bli/

    Hyphenation: os‧ten‧si‧bly

    Synonyms:

    supposedly, officially, evidently, outwardly, superficially, externally, seemingly, at first blush, for all intents and purposes, for show, on the face, on the surface, professedly, sensibly, to the eye,

    Antonyms:

    obscurely, improbably, unlikely,

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    ostensibly in English: ostensibly
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