Ostensibly

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In an ostensible manner; as shown or pretended; professedly.
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  • adverb. In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
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  • adverb. seemingly, apparently, on the surface
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  • adverb. from appearances alone
    • Word Usage
    "So maybe there’s a legal convention concerning how definitions such as this are to be circumscribed/overridden/whatever by the common English meaning however vague by comparison of the term ostensibly being defined?"
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    sensibly  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    allegedly  apparently  apparently  arguably  arrantly  
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