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inostensible, a.|ɪnɒˈstɛnsɪb(ə)l|
[in-3.]
Not ostensible; unavowed. Hence inoˈstensibly adv.
1791Burke's Corr. (1844) III. 298 The Chevalier..goes to England (inostensibly or ostensibly, as shall be thought best) to act as agent for the princes. 1843Tait's Mag. X. 139 The deterioration..was..progressive and inostensible. 1884Homil. Monthly Oct. 763 Their sympathies have, either obviously or inostensibly, been on the side of the strong. |