ostensibly

os·ten·si·ble  (-stns-bl)

adj.

Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.

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[French, from Medieval Latin ostnsibilis, from Latin ostnsus, past participle of ostendere, to show : ob-, ob- + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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os·tensi·bly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

ostensibly - 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" apparently, on the face of it, seemingly

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ostensibly

adverb apparently, seemingly, supposedly, outwardly, on the surface, on the face of it, superficially, to all intents and purposes, professedly, speciously, for the ostensible purpose of

Translations

ostensibly [ɔsˈtɛnsɪblɪ] adv → aparentemente

ostensibly [ɔsˈtɛnsɪblɪ] adv → en apparence

ostensibly [ɔsˈtɛnsɪblɪ] ostensible adv → angeblich

ostensibly [ɔsˈtɛnsɪblɪ] adv → all'apparenza