ostensibly
Pronunciation Adverb
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Pronunciation Adverb
ostensibly (not comparable)
- (modal) Seemingly, apparently, on the surface.
- Synonyms: apparently, arguably, at first blush, seemingly, Thesaurus:ostensibly
- 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, Chapter 9
- Up to a year or two ago it had been the custom to kill horses in the yards — ostensibly for fertilizer...
- French: ostensiblement, soi-disant, en apparence
- German: vorgeblich, offenbar, offensichtlich, anscheinend
- Portuguese: ostensivamente
- Russian: я́кобы
- Spanish: ostensiblemente
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