The website is filled with heavily censored depictions of what are ostensibly violent and pornographic incidents as means of shock value.
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Ostensibly
/ɒˈstɛn.sɪ.bli/
Synonyms for "ostensibly" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Adverb(2 words)
allegedlyapparentlyarrantlyartificiallyas a coveras a pretextas an excuseas it seemsat first sightavowedlyblatantly
Noun(1 words)
apparently clear
Strong matches (21)
boldlyclearlyconspicuouslydemonstrablyerroneouslyevidentlyexternallyfactitiouslyfalselyflagrantlyfor public consumptionfor the recordglaringlyin name onlymanifestlymarkedlynominallynotablynoticeably
Adverb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
evidently from data
Related words (34)
notoriouslyobtrusivelyobviouslyon the surfaceostensivelyoutstandinglyoutwardlypatentlyplainlyplausiblyprima facieprofessedlyprominentlypronouncedlypurportedlysalientlyseeminglyspuriouslystaringlystrikingly
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superficiallysurfacesyntheticallyto all appearancesto all seemingto the eyetruthlesslyungenuinelyunnaturallyuntrulyunveraciously
Adverb(3 words)
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More general
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Collocations
6 entriesostensibly fairostensibly innocentostensibly legitimateostensibly plausibleostensibly safeostensibly true
Inflections
2 entriesmore ostensiblymost ostensibly
Derivations
2 entriesSample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The rise in ticket prices was ostensibly to pay for improvements to the service.
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Tom was ostensibly at the zoo.
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He invited her up to his room, ostensibly to look at his stamp collection.
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