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ostensibly

[ o-sten-suh-blee ]

adverb

  1. in appearance only; supposedly:

    The event was ostensibly for charity, but he mainly used it to promote his new book.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ostensibly1

First recorded in 1760–70; ostensib(le) ( def ) + -ly ( def )
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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.

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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.

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Mexico almost certainly understands that Trump is readying a military incursion of some kind, ostensibly to "take out" the drug cartels.

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This can happen through a political talk radio program, a Fox News morning show, or even ostensibly nonpolitical spaces.

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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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