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单词 ostensibility
释义

ostensible /o-stenˈsi-bl/

adjective
  1. Seeming, or outwardly apparent
  2. Pretended or professed
  3. That may be shown (obsolete)
ORIGIN: L ostendere, ostensum (ostentum) to show, and its frequentative ostentāre, from pfx obs- in front, and tendere to stretch

ostensibilˈity noun

ostensˈibly adverb

ostensˈive adjective

  1. Of a clearly demonstrative nature (logic, etc)
  2. (of a definition) provided by pointing to examples of things to which the defined word or phrase properly applies
  3. Showing
  4. Deictic
  5. Ostensible

ostensˈively adverb

ostensˈiveness noun

ostenˈsory noun (RC)

A monstrance

ostentˈ noun

  1. Appearance (Shakespeare)
  2. Portent (rare)
  3. Ostentation (rare)

ostentāˈtion /-tən-/ noun

  1. Pretentious display intended to draw attention or admiration
  2. Boasting
  3. The act of showing (obsolete)

ostentāˈtious adjective

  1. Given to show
  2. Fond of self-display
  3. Showy

ostentāˈtiously adverb

ostentāˈtiousness noun

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