Ostensively vs. Ostensibly — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ostensively and Ostensibly
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Ostensively
Seeming or professed; ostensible.
Ostensibly
(modal) seemingly, apparently, on the surface.
Ostensively
(manner) In an ostensive manner.
Ostensibly
Represented or appearing as such; ostensive
His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.
Ostensively
(modal) Ostensibly.
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Ostensibly
In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico.
Ostensively
In an ostensive manner.
Ostensibly
From appearances alone;
Irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
The child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
Had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it
On the face of it the problem seems minor
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