ostensibly
Phonetic
US /ɑːˈstensəbli/UK /ɒˈstensəbli/
Translations
ADVSeemingly, apparently, on the surface.
Variants
Examples
In this instance, he received a phishing e-mail, ostensibly from “the Gmail team,” that urged him to “change your password immediately
Source:www.newyorker.com
, which Mr Putin ordered ostensibly to forestall
Source:www.economist.com
What with decades of dropping thousands of bombs on Muslim lands ostensibly to combat terrorism
Source:www.quora.com
The leader and the maid take the woman to the city, ostensibly to have an operation to cure her short-sightedness, but instead has her blinded
Source:en.wikipedia.org
This rank order ostensibly signaled that it
Source:en.wikipedia.org
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