Associations to the word «Ostensible»
Noun
- Pretext
- Anu
- Pretence
- Purpose
- Motive
- Neutrality
- Reason
- Hq
- Quarrel
- Hastings
- Object
- Jealousy
- Initiate
- Terrorist
- Aim
- Dive
- Disguise
- Terra
- Authority
- Jam
- Lordship
- Cause
- Subject
- Fold
- Crusade
- Cruiser
- Expectation
- Excuse
- Consent
- Heir
- Occupation
- Meaning
- Hiding
- Agent
- Reality
- Destroyer
- Parti
- Ally
- Desire
- Dispute
- Regime
- Refugee
- Representation
- Orbit
- Goal
- Accused
- Treaty
- Colin
- Calling
- Conduct
- Raid
- Establishment
- Suspicion
- Secret
- Means
- Real
- Opposition
- Argument
- Instruction
- Proceeding
- Person
- Ownership
- Ground
- Genius
- Theme
- Fact
- Message
- Emperor
- Craft
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
OSTENSIBLE, adjective. Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
OSTENSIBLE, adjective. Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).
Dictionary definition
OSTENSIBLE, adjective. 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".
OSTENSIBLE, adjective. Represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.