ostensibly
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From ostensible, from French ostensible, from Latin ostensus, past participle of ostendō (“‘I show’”), from ob (“‘before’”) + tendō (“‘I stretch out’”).
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ostensibly (not comparable)
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- seemingly, apparently, on the surface
- 1889, Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee, Dictionary of national biography
- On 13 June the peshwa signed a new treaty, ostensibly complying with the demands of the British government...
- 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle
- Up to a year or two ago it had been the custom to kill horses in the yards — ostensibly for fertilizer...
- 2007, Brian Herbert, Kevin J Anderson, Sandworms of Dune
- People strive to achieve perfection — ostensibly an honorable god — but complete perfection is dangerous. To be imperfect, but human, is far preferable.
- 1889, Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee, Dictionary of national biography
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- (seemingly): apparently, arguably, at first blush, seemingly
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