ostensibly
US /ɒ'stensəblɪ/
・UK /ɒ'stensəblɪ/
B2TOEIC
adv.AdverbApparently true or real, but probably not
She's ostensibly a member of the club, but she never comes to meetings
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Self-Esteem
- Similarly, yet more darkly, you might have grown up in ostensibly privileged circumstances—but if your same-sex parent made a few hundred million and you're only managing to pull in a middle-class salary, you're liable never quite to shake off a haunting feeling that you're a disgrace.
Similarly, yet more darkly, you might have grown up in ostensibly privileged circumstances—but if your same-sex parent made a few hundred million and you're only managing to pull in a middle-class salary, you're liable never quite to shake off a haunting feeling that you're a disgrace.
- you might have grown up in ostensibly privilege circumstances
you might have grown up in ostensibly privilege circumstances
The 7 Things You Can Do to Make a Relationship Work
- We can spend a lot of time in relationships to which we are are ostensibly committed wondering,
We can spend a lot of time in relationships to which we are are ostensibly committed wondering,
10 Scariest Moments in Recent World History
- Ostensibly the result of the bursting of the United States housing bubble and the devaluation of mortgage-backed securities, the Great Recession was described as the biggest financial nightmare since the Great Depression nearly 100 years earlier.
Ostensibly the result of the bursting of the United States housing bubble and the devaluation of mortgage-backed securities, the Great Recession was described as the biggest financial nightmare since the Great Depression nearly 100 years earlier.
- While some countries around the world were spared the worst of it, the late 2000s economic crisis wreaked significant havoc on nations thought to be untouchable, ostensibly the result of the bursting of the United States housing bubble and the devaluation of mortgage-backed securities.
While some countries around the world were spared the worst of it, the late 2000s economic crisis wreaked significant havoc on nations thought to be untouchable, ostensibly the result of the bursting of the United States housing bubble and the devaluation of mortgage-backed securities.
How to Work Out the Emotional Maturity of Prospective Partners
- There are few outward signs of the quality, someone might ostensibly seem very grown up while still being stubbornly a young child inside.
There are few outward signs of the quality, someone might ostensibly seem very grown up while still being stubbornly a young child inside.
- There are a few outward signs of the quality: someone might ostensibly seem very grown up while still being stubbornly a young child inside.
There are a few outward signs of the quality: someone might ostensibly seem very grown up while still being stubbornly a young child inside.
Every Medical Specialty Ranked by Competitiveness (2025)
- People are quick to say that their own specialty is competitive, and even ostensibly reputable sources will make claims about competitiveness based solely on one variable because it's easier.
People are quick to say that their own specialty is competitive, and even ostensibly reputable sources will make claims about competitiveness based solely on one variable because it's easier.
- and even ostensibly reputable sources will make claims about competitiveness based solely on one variable because it's easier.
and even ostensibly reputable sources will make claims about competitiveness based solely on one variable because it's easier.
Why We Work with Barry Schwartz - Opportunity, Good Fortune, and Happiness
- in decision-making, where ostensibly part of the point is to teach people how to make
in decision-making, where ostensibly part of the point is to teach people how to make
- Uh, it's apparent to me that ver I s I teach classes in decision-making, where ostensibly part of the point is to teach people how to make good decisions, and
Uh, it's apparent to me that ver I s I teach classes in decision-making, where ostensibly part of the point is to teach people how to make good decisions, and
Why Elon Musk Is Building The World's BIGGEST Supercomputer
- Ostensibly the reason that we've been given for XAI pursuing these massive amounts of computing power is simply the mission to understand the universe.
Ostensibly the reason that we've been given for XAI pursuing these massive amounts of computing power is simply the mission to understand the universe.
- Ostensibly, the reason that we've been given for xAI pursuing these massive amounts of computing power is simply the mission to understand the universe.
Ostensibly, the reason that we've been given for xAI pursuing these massive amounts of computing power is simply the mission to understand the universe.
Trump–Musk feud explodes! Ari Melber on how the clash is threatening the GOP agenda
- Now, you can see the clear outlines of why this matters, even as there has been so much mockery and sort of people just sort of enjoying aspects of it or a schadenfreude aspect of it, but there's a lot of real-world implications, and remember, it began, allegedly or ostensibly, with Musk being mad about the economic bill, the spending, and he's been pretty blunt, saying he didn't get enough for his companies, which is a reminder that for all the talk of efficiency or cutting waste, fraud, and abuse, the thing that has him the most upset isn't anything he claimed that his agency was about or the fixes he wanted to make for the American people.
Now, you can see the clear outlines of why this matters, even as there has been so much mockery and sort of people just sort of enjoying aspects of it or a schadenfreude aspect of it, but there's a lot of real-world implications, and remember, it began, allegedly or ostensibly, with Musk being mad about the economic bill, the spending, and he's been pretty blunt, saying he didn't get enough for his companies, which is a reminder that for all the talk of efficiency or cutting waste, fraud, and abuse, the thing that has him the most upset isn't anything he claimed that his agency was about or the fixes he wanted to make for the American people.
- And remember, it began allegedly or ostensibly with Musk being mad about the economic bill, the spending.
And remember, it began allegedly or ostensibly with Musk being mad about the economic bill, the spending.
Inside Out: Emotional Theory Comes Alive
- Docter's film is a far more nuanced take on the inner workings of the mind, appropriate for a post-Freudian, post-cultural revolution age when we're encouraged—ostensibly, at least—to embrace emotions rather than urged to master them.
Docter's film is a far more nuanced take on the inner workings of the mind, appropriate for a post-Freudian, post-cultural revolution age when we're encouraged—ostensibly, at least—to embrace emotions rather than urged to master them.
- when we're encouraged, ostensibly at least,
when we're encouraged, ostensibly at least,
At least one dead in Hudson River helicopter crash in New York | BBC News
- Now, our partners there, and you can see here, emergency crews responding, we can't exactly see what is in the water there, but you can see that they are uh rescue crews and ostensibly here also divers in the water.
Now, our partners there, and you can see here, emergency crews responding, we can't exactly see what is in the water there, but you can see that they are uh rescue crews and ostensibly here also divers in the water.
- but you can see that there are rescue crews and, ostensibly here, also divers in the water.
but you can see that there are rescue crews and, ostensibly here, also divers in the water.