Ostensibly has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Adverb
Adverb
1
from appearances alone
"irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"
"the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"
"had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"
"on the face of it the problem seems minor"
2
Seemingly, apparently, on the surface.
Example Sentences
"irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"
adverb
"the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"
adverb
"had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"
adverb
"on the face of it the problem seems minor"
adverb