Dictionary
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.