Definitionadj. appearing as such but not necessarily so
Last update: July 2, 2015
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The ostensible reason for protest was a proposed tax on the Japanese traders. [adjective]
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Moreover, the present model has no ostensible purpose. [adjective]
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"Sir Denzil Warner has been over here, his ostensible motive a civil inquiry after my health; but I could see that his actual purpose was to hear of you." [adjective]
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But, while he was making this ostensible sacrifice to general considerations, Magua never lost sight of his individual motives. [adjective]
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This task of repairing and erecting gravestones, practised without fee or reward, was the only ostensible employment of this singular person for upwards of forty years. [adjective]
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There was ostensible government regulation of rates after 1877, but the roads were guaranteed outright against any loss of revenue, and in fact practically nothing was ever done in the way of reform in the Spanish period. [Please select]
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And she had remembered, at the end, to include her ostensible reason for telling the story. [Please select]
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Drake's ostensible destination was Egypt, and his men were openly enlisted for Alexandria. [Please select]
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Fishing is the ostensible industry, but a great deal of smuggling is carried on. [Please select]
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