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
- 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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