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os•ten•si•ble



Pronunciation: (o-sten'su-bul), [key]
—adj.
1. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
2. apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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