adverb
from appearances alone (Freq. 9)
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irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
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the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
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"had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy
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on the face of it the problem seems minor
• Syn: ↑apparently, ↑ostensibly, ↑on the face of it
• Derived from adjective: ↑ostensible (for: ↑ostensibly), ↑seeming, ↑apparent (for: ↑apparently)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.