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am ostensibly
adverb
Seemingly, apparently, on the surface
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A quick Google of these tendencies reveals that I am, ostensibly, a self-saboteur.
It seems wrong for me to be assaying "Under the Volcano" for the first time in a dry New England town, where I am ostensibly on vacation.
By Ligaya Mishan August 4, 2009 It seems wrong for me to be assaying "Under the Volcano" for the first time in a dry New England town, where I am ostensibly on vacation.
I am ostensibly on the ship in a professional capacity: I am supposed to participate in a panel discussion on the art of game design to a group of paying customers, which at least in theory might lend me a certain degree of objectivity that your average un-ironic consumer of 'cruise culture' might not possess.
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The commission is ostensibly independent.
I'm ostensibly an expert.
It was ostensibly a long-planned move.
And he's ostensibly right.
Sure, Uber is (ostensibly) worth $66 billion.
Geneviève, where Descartes was (ostensibly) buried.
The Baltimore campaign was ostensibly about money.
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