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ostensible
[o-sten-suh-buhl]
adjective
outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended.
an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
Rare.apparent, evident, or conspicuous.
the ostensible truth of their theories.
ostensible
/ ɒˈɛԲɪə /
adjective
apparent; seeming
pretended
Other 51Թ Forms
- ostensibly adverb
- nonostensible adjective
- unostensible adjective
- DzˌٱԲˈٲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ostensible1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ostensible1
Example Sentences
Most recently, the admin authorized deportations without due process to an ostensible prison and actual black site in El Salvador.
The tragicomic hallucination that you see unfolding every day, wherein ostensible adults discuss secret war plans in hackable social media texts replete with emojis, exclamation points and lols, is what the American people freely chose.
With swathes of bushland and ocean all around, the ostensible ease of concealing a body in Antigua may partly explain the absence of answers many families suffer.
An ostensible crackdown on “waste, fraud and abuse” inside the Social Security Administration is making giving birth even more complicated for some Americans.
Friday’s meeting was arranged to discuss Trump’s demand for Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, ostensible “payback” for US military support.
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