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单词 ostensively
释义

ostensive

adjective

os·​ten·​sive ä-ˈsten(t)-siv How to pronounce ostensive (audio)
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1
: ostensible sense 2
2
: of, relating to, or constituting definition by exemplifying the thing or quality being defined
ostensively adverb

Synonyms

  • apparent
  • assumed
  • evident
  • ostensible
  • presumed
  • prima facie
  • putative
  • reputed
  • seeming
  • supposed
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Example Sentences

the ostensive purpose of his visit was to discuss the terms of his will
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Word History

First Known Use

1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1

ostensively

adverb

as in apparently
to all outward appearances he stops by his old office periodically, ostensively just to say "hi"

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • apparently
  • seemingly
  • ostensibly
  • supposedly
  • evidently
  • presumably
  • likely
  • probably
  • visibly
  • obviously
  • putatively
  • perhaps
  • maybe
  • clearly
  • surely
  • distinctly
  • possibly
  • outwardly
  • externally
  • allegedly
  • on the surface
  • purportedly
  • credibly
  • conceivably
  • professedly
  • manifestly
  • positively
  • reportedly
  • believably
  • supposably
  • presumedly
  • assumably
  • reputedly
  • assuredly
  • mayhap
  • perchance
  • plainly
  • self-evidently

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • improbably
  • incredibly
  • impossibly
  • implausibly
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