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the ostensibly
adverb
Seemingly, apparently, on the surface
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As with lighting, avoid the ostensibly decorative.
Neilson prefers the ostensibly odder aesthetic of, say, David Lynch.
The ostensibly controversial design was, to a certain extent, protected by greater concerns about the project.
That's not a big gap of leisure for the ostensibly freewheeling time in one's life.
The ostensibly shaky track record of antidepressants does not place them outside the pharmacological pale.
Like the ostensibly "Sunni" regime of Saddam Hussein that long brutalized Iraq, it is essentially despotic.
Indeed, political pressures on the ostensibly independent central bank could force its governor to resign.
Clearly, Silver found the ostensibly commercial premise of his film a springboard for his inspiration.
The Deaver story is one shadow on the ostensibly sunny White House.
The ostensibly sunnier romances in the play are similarly cast in shadow.
It intends to finance schools, teachers and libraries.Is there another motive for the ostensibly philanthropic venture?
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