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In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.

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  1. adv. In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
  2. adv. from appearances alone
  3. 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.
  4. In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.Walsh.Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, butreally as a menace to Mexico. U. S. Grant.
  5. r:100 r from appearances alone