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ostensible::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | ostensive |
His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity.
Examples of ostensible
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Her ostensible goal is to convey condolences following the death of his mother.
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The details of Palin's tour remained murky Sunday, the ostensible launch date.
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The government is meanwhile strapped for cash, despite an ostensible influx of aid.
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When you're dealing with ostensible simplicity, details count more than ever.
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His ostensible aim was to protect the nation from another Haitian annexation.
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Now the U.S. faces the same problem with another of its ostensible allies, Pakistan.
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The film is a mishmash of styles and tones, ostensible fact and metafiction.
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But if their ostensible aim is noble enough, their tactics are often brutal.
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Ahmad Shah also appointed Najib-ud-Daula as ostensible regent to the Mughal Emperor.
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- Apparent(a): appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
- Represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
- (ostensibly) apparently: from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the ...
- The discourse on ostentation, , is a section of the Sermon on the Mount, occurring after the antithesis of the Law, but before the discourse on judgementalism, according to the Gospel of Matthew. ...
- Meant for open display; apparent; alleged, having an intention that is possibly but not obviously true
- (Ostensibly) represented as such, but not the real purpose.
- That which is apparent or that which seems to be.
- Composer of The Abduction of Figaro? Read answer...
- Used by parapsychologists to indicate a possible paranormal event.
