ostensible
adjective
outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended.
ostensibility
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a word derived from
ostensible.
Example Sentences
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He has an opinion of me, and is very willing to let the whole burthen and ostensibility be taken off his shoulders.
From Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 by Thomas Moore
