Ostensibly
Ostensibly adverb - From appearances alone.
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Technically and ostensibly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Technically" instead an adverb "Ostensibly".
Nearby Word: ostensible
Technically
Technically adverb - With regard to technique.
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Synonyms for Technically
Ostensibly and technically are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ostensibly" instead an adverb "Technically".
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Both words in one sentence
- Hypocrite: Jagmat critizes Ripitith for being a shapeshifter instead of a "clean" fighter, ostensibly not realizing that he is technically another shapeshifter.
Source: Literature / The Black Tattoo -
While technically some of them were also ostensibly gaining money for it, they usually still ended up being more complicated than legitimate alternatives would be.
- Ostensibly this is as a bride-price to allow Beren to marry Thingol's daughter Luthien, but in reality it's a method of executing Beren without technically breaking his promise to Luthien that if she revealed the name of her lover, Thingol wouldn't kill or imprison him.
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