- ostensibly as a adverb:
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ostensibly
adverb
1 ostensibly
From appearances alone:
— Had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it.
synonyms: apparently, on the face of it, seemingly.
Roget 448: apparently; to all seeming, to all appearance; ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie [Lat.]; at the first blush, at first sight; in the eyes of; to the eye.
Roget 617: ostensibly; under color; under the plea, under the pretense of, under the guise of.
adjective
Roget 617: ostensibly etc. (manifest) 525; alleged, apologetic; pretended etc. 545.
Moby thesaurus: allegedly, apparently, arrantly, artificially, as a cover, as a pretext, as an excuse, as it seems, at first sight, avowedly, blatantly, boldly, clearly, conspicuously, demonstrably, erroneously, evidently, externally, factitiously, falsely ... show more.
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