Home / Dictionary / Ostensive

Ostensive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Ostensive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

manifestly demonstrative

2

represented or appearing as such; pretended

"His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"

3

Apparently true, but not necessarily; ostensible

Related Terms
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
Compare
Ostensive vs