adjective. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive.

Put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; apparent; professed: as, a person's ostensible reason or motive for doing something.

Capable of being shown; that may be shown; proper or intended to be shown.

adjective. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.

adjective. Outwardly appearing to be; shown to be; exhibited; apparent; evident.

adjective. Declared; avowed; professed; pretended; -- often used as opposed to real or actual.

adjective. meant for open display; apparent

adjective. alleged, having an intention that is possibly but not obviously true

adjective. appearing as such but not necessarily so

adjective. represented or appearing as such; pretended

"And none of the hedge fund geniuses think to actually pick up the phone and call the ostensible issuer of the notes just to check and see that the notes are real and Dreier is authorized to peddle them."

ostensible partner  

counterfeit  imitative  superficial  

ostensive  ostentation  ostentatious  

ostensibly  

compensable  comprehensible  defensible  dispensable  indefensible  

antislavery  avow  colourable  especial  extraneous  

Barmecidal  Barmecide  airy  alleged  apparent