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ostensibly
[ o-sten-suh-blee ]
adverb
- in appearance only; supposedly:
The event was ostensibly for charity, but he mainly used it to promote his new book.
Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ostensibly1
Example Sentences
Why it should infect nations that are prosperous, ostensibly well educated, and with civil societies that have supposedly developed beyond tribal superstition is a mystery that has never been explained.
Set in Vietnam in 2001 and focused, ostensibly, on its two eponymous characters, this is a film about mirrored visions of history and twinned versions of desire.
Mexico almost certainly understands that Trump is readying a military incursion of some kind, ostensibly to "take out" the drug cartels.
This can happen through a political talk radio program, a Fox News morning show, or even ostensibly nonpolitical spaces.
It issued a four-page fact-check of the book that denigrates Wynn-Williams’ ostensibly “new” claims by asserting that they were mostly published previously, and even helpfully provides links to the original reports.
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