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ostensibly
[ o-sten-suh-blee ]
adverb
- in appearance only; supposedly:
The event was ostensibly for charity, but he mainly used it to promote his new book.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ostensibly1
Example Sentences
Mexico almost certainly understands that Trump is readying a military incursion of some kind, ostensibly to "take out" the drug cartels.
This can happen through a political talk radio program, a Fox News morning show, or even ostensibly nonpolitical spaces.
It issued a four-page fact-check of the book that denigrates Wynn-Williams’ ostensibly “new†claims by asserting that they were mostly published previously, and even helpfully provides links to the original reports.
The message is that people of color should be happy with any effort ostensibly directed at them, whether or not that effort yields positive results in the long run.
With Clement Atlee's landslide election victory in July 1945, for the first time in Britain's political history a majority cast their votes for a party ostensibly dedicated to socialism.
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