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Ostensible

  1. adjective

    represented or appearing as such; pretended

    “His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity”

    Similar: ostensive

  2. adjective

    appearing as such but not necessarily so

    “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”

    Similar: apparent, seeming

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