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Dictionary: os·ten·sive   (ŏ-stĕn'sĭv) pronunciation
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adj.
Seeming or professed; ostensible.

[Late Latin ostēnsīvus, from Latin ostēnsus, past participle of ostendere, to show. See ostensible.]

ostensively os·ten'sive·ly adv.

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adjective

    Appearing as such but not necessarily so: apparent, external, ostensible, outward, seeming, superficial. See surface/depth.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: manifestly demonstrative

Meaning #2: represented or appearing as such; pretended
  Synonym: ostensible

 
 
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