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Definition of ostensibly in English: ostensiblyadverb ɒˈstɛnsɪbli As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently. the party secretary resigned, ostensibly from ill health 该党的书记辞职了，表面上是因为健康原因。 Example sentencesExamples - The main thrust of the whole stakeholder exercise was ostensibly to make low-cost pensions available to all.
- It was ostensibly naughty, but I like to think I had quite noble motives.
- Like that lady, Health Canada wants us to quit smoking ostensibly for health purposes.
- It serves fish fingers, ostensibly for the kids, though I'd guess a few adult portions have also been dished out.
- The report was ostensibly to be a reply to a questionnaire sent by the League.
- While this treatment of the story seems ostensibly simple, it's anything but.
- Late in the day, Martyn the Builder came along ostensibly to check on the roof covering.
- So, ostensibly, the Chancellor should worry - but appearances may be deceptive.
- His aim, ostensibly, was to bring liberty and equality to the oppressed peoples of that continent.
- And he's currently watching The Saint DVDs, although they were ostensibly for me.
- I rarely read sci-fi books - ostensibly because I find it hard to relate to the characters and story.
- While dressed in white, Sarah is ostensibly a chaste housewife, in red she becomes the lustful Dolores.
- Amorth presents his ostensibly absurd stories convincingly, with charm and plenty of natural levity.
- Naked commercialism was evident in even the most ostensibly charitable aspects of the operation.
- The happenstance of the love for the tree house, ostensibly built for the children, might well have been your undoing.
- They were then flown to Japan, ostensibly because he needed emergency medical care for an abdominal problem.
- Children were separated from adults ostensibly to give children more freedom.
- All pubs in Limerick city and county may ostensibly be obeying to the smoking ban.
- But Barnes has produced a bleak and profound meditation on love and loss from an ostensibly banal premise.
- She sits in on my interview with Dempsey, ostensibly because he is new to the spotlight and still nervous about talking to the press.
Synonyms apparently, seemingly, on the face of it, to all appearances, on the surface, to all intents and purposes, outwardly, superficially, allegedly, professedly, supposedly, purportedly rare pretendedly, ostensively
Definition of ostensibly in US English: ostensiblyadverb sentence adverb Apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually. portrayed as a blue-collar type, ostensibly a carpenter Example sentencesExamples - And he's currently watching The Saint DVDs, although they were ostensibly for me.
- The main thrust of the whole stakeholder exercise was ostensibly to make low-cost pensions available to all.
- It was ostensibly naughty, but I like to think I had quite noble motives.
- So, ostensibly, the Chancellor should worry - but appearances may be deceptive.
- All pubs in Limerick city and county may ostensibly be obeying to the smoking ban.
- His aim, ostensibly, was to bring liberty and equality to the oppressed peoples of that continent.
- While this treatment of the story seems ostensibly simple, it's anything but.
- It serves fish fingers, ostensibly for the kids, though I'd guess a few adult portions have also been dished out.
- But Barnes has produced a bleak and profound meditation on love and loss from an ostensibly banal premise.
- Naked commercialism was evident in even the most ostensibly charitable aspects of the operation.
- The happenstance of the love for the tree house, ostensibly built for the children, might well have been your undoing.
- The report was ostensibly to be a reply to a questionnaire sent by the League.
- Amorth presents his ostensibly absurd stories convincingly, with charm and plenty of natural levity.
- While dressed in white, Sarah is ostensibly a chaste housewife, in red she becomes the lustful Dolores.
- I rarely read sci-fi books - ostensibly because I find it hard to relate to the characters and story.
- Like that lady, Health Canada wants us to quit smoking ostensibly for health purposes.
- She sits in on my interview with Dempsey, ostensibly because he is new to the spotlight and still nervous about talking to the press.
- They were then flown to Japan, ostensibly because he needed emergency medical care for an abdominal problem.
- Late in the day, Martyn the Builder came along ostensibly to check on the roof covering.
- Children were separated from adults ostensibly to give children more freedom.
Synonyms apparently, seemingly, on the face of it, to all appearances, on the surface, to all intents and purposes, outwardly, superficially, allegedly, professedly, supposedly, purportedly
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