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
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for
people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or
ill.