Definizione monolingua

ostensibly

ostensibly (not comparable)

1. (modal) seemingly, apparently, on the surface
   • 1889, Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee, Dictionary of national biography

     On 13 June the peshwa signed a new treaty, ostensibly complying with the demands of the British government...

   • 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle

     Up to a year or two ago it had been the custom to kill horses in the yards — ostensibly for fertilizer...

   • 2007, Brian Herbert, Kevin J Anderson, Sandworms of Dune

     People strive to achieve perfection — ostensibly an honorable god — but complete perfection is dangerous. To be imperfect, but human, is far preferable.

Definizione dizionario ostensibly

	apparentemente
	From appearances alone.

Altri significati:

ostensibly

(modal) seemingly, apparently, on the surface