[o-sten-suh-buh
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| 1. | outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness. |
| 2. | apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories. |
| os·ten·si·ble (ŏ-stěn'sə-bəl) adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity. [French, from Medieval Latin ostēnsibilis, from Latin ostēnsus, past participle of ostendere, to show : ob-, ob- + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] os·ten'si·bly adv. |
