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Antonyms for ostensibly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : o-sten-suh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɒˈstɛn sə bəl



Definition of ostensibly

Origin :
  • 1765, from ostensible + -ly (2).
  • adv apparently
Example sentences :
  • Ostensibly they were a literary society; really they were diamond polishers.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • He had discarded his hat, and lay back on his elbows, ostensibly to look at the moon.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Ostensibly the letter invited him to address the Silver Shirts.
  • Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak
  • He could not retire from Mexico after this ostensibly friendly visit.
  • Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • He was not certain, but when had George left Atlanta, ostensibly for Memphis?
  • Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
  • You intend to go along with me, ostensibly to help me in whatever I intend to do.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • Therefore his visit to London was ostensibly on private affairs.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • Ostensibly the draft was the excuse, but with the moving spirits it was but a subterfuge.
  • Extract from : « Between the Lines » by Henry Bascom Smith
  • Ostensibly this war was to be unlike any other so far waged.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
  • Villani says that the odes to which it is ostensibly a commentary were written in exile.
  • Extract from : « Dante: His Times and His Work » by Arthur John Butler

Synonyms for ostensibly

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