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Definition of 'on the face of it' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adverb) apparently, seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it
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"


Translation of 'on the face of it' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: as it appears at first glance, usually deceptively
On the face of it, the problem was easy.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: op die oog af, oënskynlik Arabic flag Arabic: في ظاهِره، كما يَبدو لأول Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: на повърхността
Brazilian flag Brazilian: aparentemente Czech flag Czech: na první pohled German flag German: auf den ersten Blick
Danish flag Danish: på overfladen; umiddelbar Greek flag Greek: εκ πρώτης όψεως Spanish flag Spanish: a primera vista
Estonian flag Estonian: esimesel pilgul Farsi flag Farsi: در نظر اول Finnish flag Finnish: pintapuolisesti
French flag French: à première vue Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְמַרְאִית עַיִן Hindi flag Hindi: प्रथम दृष्टि जो दिखे
Croatian flag Croatian: na prvi pogled, sudeći po Hungarian flag Hungarian: ránézésre Indonesian flag Indonesian: selayang pandang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: við fyrstu sÿn Italian flag Italian: a prima vista Japanese flag Japanese: 一見したところでは
Korean flag Korean: 얼핏 보기에는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: iš pirmo žvilgsnio Latvian flag Latvian: no pirmā acu uzmetiena
Malay flag Malay: selayang pandang Dutch flag Dutch: op het eerste gezicht Norwegian flag Norwegian: umiddelbart, ved et overf
Polish flag Polish: z pozoru Portuguese flag Portuguese: perante as circunstâncias Romanian flag Romanian: la prima vedere
Russian flag Russian: на первый взгляд Slovak flag Slovak: na prvý pohľad Slovenian flag Slovenian: na prvi pogled
Serbian flag Serbian: na prvi pogled Swedish flag Swedish: av första intrycket att d Thai flag Thai: อย่างผิวเผิน
Turkish flag Turkish: görünüşe göre Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 乍看起來 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: на перший погляд
Urdu flag Urdu: عارضی طور سے Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: xét theo bề ngoài Chinese flag Chinese: 乍看起来

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