MeanOF

ostensibly

- adverb (adv)

Meaning: apparently

Synonyms: at first blush evidently externally for all intents and purposes for show officially on the face on the surface outwardly professedly seemingly sensibly superficially supposedly to the eye
Antonyms: improbably obscurely unlikely

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