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ostensive
[o-sten-siv]
ostensive
/ ɒˈɛԲɪ /
adjective
obviously or manifestly demonstrative
a less common word for ostensible
philosophy (of a definition) given by demonstrative means, esp by pointing
Other 51Թ Forms
- ostensively adverb
- nonostensive adjective
- nonostensively adverb
- unostensive adjective
- unostensively adverb
- DzˈٱԲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ostensive1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ostensive1
Example Sentences
Evidently, it isn’t easy ending the lives of others, even those who pose an ostensive threat to national security, survive a five-car collision or mildly resemble Drake.
Rather, he is ostensively defining what he calls “the smug style in American liberalism.”
And Israel holds undeniable power over the lives of West Bank's Palestinians, despite their ostensive autonomy.
It serves mainly to provide the regime with ostensive evidence of its power and technological progress.
He jerked forward in his chair, "Except, of course, ostensively."
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