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os·ten·si·ble
 ostensible
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
apparent or stated, as opposed to real or true.
Her ostensible interest is friendly concern, but her real aim is gathering gossip.- synonyms:
- apparent, claimed, outward, seeming
- antonyms:
- actual, genuine
- similar words:
- external, nominal, obvious, presumed, professed, purported, superficial, supposed, surface
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| related words: |
external, obvious, probable |
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| derivation: |
ostensibly (adv.) |
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