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.

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ostensibly [ɒˈstɛnsɪblɪ]

adv

(sentence modifier) apparently; seemingly

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 He came, ostensibly to talk her brother, but really to see her.

Translations

ostensibly [ɒsˈtensəblɪ] ADV → aparentemente, en apariencia

ostensibly [ɒˈstɛnsəbli] adv → soi-disant

ostensibly [ɒsˈtɛnsəblɪ] adv → apparentemente