| Definition of 'ostensibly' |
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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"
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Sense: (of reasons etc) apparent, but not necessarily true
Illness was the ostensible reason for his absence, but in fact he was just lazy.
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 Afrikaans: oënskynlikheid |
 Arabic: كما يَظْهَر |
 Bulgarian: привидно |
 Brazilian: aparentemente |
 Czech: zdánlivě |
 German: angeblich |
 Danish: tilsyneladende |
 Greek: φαινομενικά |
 Spanish: aparentemente |
 Estonian: teeseldult |
 Farsi: ظاهراً |
 Finnish: näennäisesti |
 French: en apparence |
 Hebrew: לְמַראִית עַיִן |
 Hindi: प्रकट रूप से |
 Croatian: prividno |
 Hungarian: látszólag(osan) |
 Indonesian: dengan jelas |
 Icelandic: að því er virðist |
 Italian: in apparenza |
 Japanese: 表向きは |
 Korean: 표면상으로 |
 Lithuanian: tariamai, neva |
 Latvian: šķietami; ārēji |
 Malay: kononnya |
 Dutch: ogenschijnlijk |
 Norwegian: angivelig, etter altå døm |
 Polish: rzekomo, pozornie |
 Persian: ظاهراً |
 Pashto: ظاهراً |
 Portuguese: aparentemente |
 Romanian: în aparenţă |
 Russian: якобы |
 Slovak: zdanlivo |
 Slovenian: očitno |
 Serbian: prividno |
 Swedish: skenbart |
 Thai: อย่างแสดงให้เห็นภายนอก |
 Turkish: görünürde |
 Taiwanese: 表面上 |
 Ukrainian: удавано |
 Urdu: ظاہري طور پر |
 Vietnamese: bề ngoài là |
 Chinese: 表面上 |
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