ostensibly
11ostensibly — ostensible ► ADJECTIVE ▪ apparently true, but not necessarily so. DERIVATIVES ostensibly adverb. ORIGIN Latin ostensibilis, from ostendere stretch out to view …
12ostensibly — adverb from appearances alone (Freq. 1) 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… …
13ostensibly — adverb Date: 1765 1. in an ostensible manner 2. to all outward appearances …
14ostensibly — See ostensible. * * * …
15ostensibly — Synonyms and related words: allegedly, apparently, arrantly, artificially, as a cover, as a pretext, as an excuse, as it seems, at first sight, avowedly, blatantly, boldly, clearly, conspicuously, demonstrably, erroneously, evidently, externally …
16ostensibly — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. superficially, purportedly, to all intents and purposes, for show; see apparently . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb On the surface: apparently, evidently, externally, ostensively, outwardly, seemingly, superficially.… …
17ostensibly — É‘ stensÉ™blɪ /É’ adv. in an ostensible manner; apparently; seemingly, to all appearances …
18ostensibly — os·ten·si·bly …
19ostensible — ostensibly, adv. /o sten seuh beuhl/, adj. 1. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness. 2. apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories. [1720 30; < F < L… …
20Gladio — Ostensibly a secret network of nearly 50 underground armed squads that would have organized resistance to an eventual Soviet invasion of Italy, Gladio (a gladio was the short, double edged and pointed sword used in ancient Rome by the infantry …
