Look up: ostensibly


  1. ostensibly
    [Adverb] When something seems to be the case but probably is not.
    Example: The directors put in an offer to buy the company, ostensibly to protect workers’ jobs.

    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/

  2. Ostensibly
    Os·ten'si·bly adverb In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently. Walsh. « Ostensibly , we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico.» U. S. Grant.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/38

  3. ostensibly
    In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently. 'Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico.' (U. S. Grant) ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?ostensibly

  4. Ostensibly
    • (adv.) In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/ostensibly/

  5. ostensibly
    ostensible, ostensibly Apparent; seeming; professed [to stretch out before].
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2808/5

  6. ostensibly
    1) Apparently 2) On the face of it 3) Seemingly
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/ostensibly/1

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