Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an ostensible manner; as shown or pretended; professedly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
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- adverb modal
seemingly ,apparently , on thesurface
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb from appearances alone
Etymologies
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Examples
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So maybe there’s a legal convention concerning how definitions such as this are to be circumscribed/overridden/whatever by the common English meaning however vague by comparison of the term ostensibly being defined?
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Under another creator, this might be fodder for wacky domestic comedy, with the bachelor dad screwing up in ostensibly hilarious ways.
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When he sat down she began to sing a welcome to “Uncle Walter” ostensibly from the mayor (Ivancie I believe).
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Even those living in ostensibly less affluent areas will be affected.
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Dorothy – it is interesting how James, whilst writing in ostensibly the same style, manages to create such different reading experiences with his books.
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Oddly the BBC report omits to mention on a page that at least ostensibly is about Boris Johnson's visit to the Sikh New Year festival, that Boris's wife is half Sikh, her mother being Dip Singh.
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Oddly the BBC report omits to mention on a page that at least ostensibly is about Boris Johnson's visit to the Sikh New Year festival, that Boris's wife is half Sikh, her mother being Dip Singh.
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Ignatieff argued that Carroll can't remain ostensibly in charge of rebuilding and unifying the party after publicly casting aspersions on the loyalty of erstwhile leadership competitors.
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While young Frank Pierson revered Tom Ripley and wanted, in some sense, to become him or at least win his approval, David Pritchard arbitrarily, impulsively decides to make Tom's life a living hell, to harass him with phone calls ostensibly from Dickie Greenleaf (who has been "found and resuscitated"), and, finally, to stalk his every move.
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“Ostensibly written by a local high school student, it was the only item on a full page usually given over to teen topics and (again – ostensibly) written by and for teens,” said our reader.
sonofgroucho commented on the word ostensibly
One of my few adverbs.
February 12, 2008
kewpid commented on the word ostensibly
This is a very good filler word.
February 12, 2008
bonnebe commented on the word ostensibly
I prefer this word to constantly having used: apparently, evidently and seemingly... this particular word encompasses the three and has a much broader scope
July 13, 2009