Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ostensibly? That's all it means.
to all outward appearances
apparently, seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it(adverb)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"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor"
to all outward appearancesostensibly a university student studying abroad, he was actually an espionage agent
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