Ostensively
Ostensively adverb - To all outward appearances.
Usage example: he stops by his old office periodically, ostensively just to say “hi”
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Synonyms for Ostensively
Putatively and ostensively are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Putatively" instead an adverb "Ostensively".
Putatively
Putatively adverb - To all outward appearances.
Usage example: the lake's putatively pristine water is actually crawling with microorganisms that can wreak havoc with your gastrointestinal system
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Synonyms for Putatively
Ostensively and putatively are semantically related. You can use "Ostensively" instead an adverb "Putatively".
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Related pairs
- likely and ostensively
- likely and putatively
- reasonably and ostensively
- reasonably and putatively
- apparently and ostensively
- apparently and putatively
- supposedly and ostensively
- supposedly and putatively
- presumably and ostensively
- presumably and putatively
- probably and ostensively
- probably and putatively
- ostensibly and ostensively
- ostensibly and putatively
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