ostensible
— Adjective
– English
～ represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
ostensible
— Adjective
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～ appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
ostensibly
— Adverb
– English
～ from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor"
ostensive definition
— Noun
– English
～ a definition that points out or exhibits instances of the term defined
ostensive
— Adjective
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～ represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
ostensive
— Adjective
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～ manifestly demonstrative
ostensorium
— Noun
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～ (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
ostentate
— Verb
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～ display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
ostentation
— Noun
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～ pretentious or showy or vulgar display
ostentation
— Noun
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～ lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
ostentation
— Noun
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～ a gaudy outward display
ostentatious
— Adjective
– English
～ (of a display) tawdry or vulgar
ostentatious
— Adjective
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～ intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
ostentatiously
— Adverb
– English
～ with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; "Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly"
ostentatiousness
— Noun
– English
～ lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity