English-Thai Dictionary

ostensibly

ADV อย่าง แสดงให้เห็น ภายนอก  superficially appearently yang-sa-dang-hai-hen-pai-nok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OSTENSIBLY

adv. In appearance; in a manner that is declared or pretended. An embargo and non-intercourse which totally defeat the interests they are ostensible destined to promote.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OSTENSIBLY

OSTENSIBLY Os *ten "si *bly, adv.

 

Defn: In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently. Walsh. Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico. U. S. Grant.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ostensibly

os ten si bly |äˈstensiblē, əˈsten -əˈstɛnsɪbli | ▶adverb [ sentence adverb ] apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually: portrayed as a blue-collar type, ostensibly a carpenter.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ostensibly

os ¦ten |sibly |ɒˈstɛnsɪbli | ▶adverb as appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently: [ sentence adverb ] : the party secretary resigned, ostensibly from ill health.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ostensibly

ostensibly adverb it is ostensibly a book about football: apparently, seemingly, on the face of it, to all intents and purposes, outwardly, superficially, allegedly, supposedly, purportedly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ostensibly

ostensibly adverb it is ostensibly a book about football: 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. ANTONYMS genuinely, really, truly.