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ostensibly

US pronunciation
American soundostensibly
ostensibly
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4 syllables
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Final y vowel sound

os - ten - sib - ly -> ostensibly

Myanmar meaning

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ostensible /ɒ'stensǝbl / adj

အကြောင်းပြသော။ The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.
❏ ostensibly /-ǝbli / adv အပြင်ပန်းအားဖြင့်။ Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.

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  • ostensible /ɒ'stensǝbl / adj အကြောင်းပြသော။ The ostensible reason for his absence was illness. ❏ ostensibly /-ǝbli / adv အပြင်ပန်းအားဖြင့်။ Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.
Synonyms
apparent, professed, supposed, perceived, seeming, alleged, superficial, avowed, colorable, demonstrative, exhibited, illusive, illusory, likely, manifest, notable, ostensive, outward, plausible, pretended, purported, quasi, semblant, so-called, specious
Antonyms
improbable, obscure, real, unlikely, vague
Cross references
apparentprofessedsupposedperceivedseemingallegedsuperficialavowedcolorabledemonstrativeexhibitedillusiveillusorylikelymanifestnotableostensiveoutwardplausiblepretendedpurportedquasisemblantso-calledspeciousimprobableobscurereal
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