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Ostensible

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Adjective

1. apparent, ostensible, seeming

appearing as such but not necessarily so

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. ostensible, ostensive

represented or appearing as such; pretended

Example Sentences:
'His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ostensible

see synonyms of ostensible
adjective
1. 
apparent; seeming
2. 
pretended

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Ostensible

see synonyms of ostensible
adjective
1. 
apparent; seeming; professed
2.  Rare
clearly evident

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Ostensible

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adj.
Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.

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