Associations to the word «Ostensible»
Noun
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 chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.