Associations to the word «Ostensibly»
Noun
- Reality
- Compact
- Espionage
- Saigon
- Insurrection
- Paperwork
- Monologue
- Warlord
- Dinah
- Narrator
- Hegemony
- Satire
- Bloc
- Blueprint
- Behalf
- Regime
- Scientology
- Purpose
- Mediation
- Censorship
- Coup
- Partisan
- Pact
- Mahmud
- Edict
- Civilian
- Ideology
- Dictator
- Tunis
- Communist
- Visit
- Malay
- Hoax
- Purge
- Soviet
- Emperor
- Spy
- Communism
- Reich
- Zhang
- Ers
- Tarzan
- Unrest
- Monopoly
- Delegation
- Anarchist
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
OSTENSIBLY, adverb. (modal) seemingly, apparently, on the surface
Dictionary definition
OSTENSIBLY, adverb. 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 problem seems minor".
Wise words
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.