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OSTENSIBLE adjective

Definition of ostensible (adjective)

  1. 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"
    • synonyms: apparent, seeming
  2. represented or appearing as such; pretended
    • "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
    • synonyms: ostensive
Source: Princeton University Wordnet
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