# ostensibly

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C1 (Advanced)
- **Part of speech:** adverb
- **Pronunciation:** /ɒˈstensɪbli/
- **English:** seeming to be true but possibly not
- **Persian:** ظاهراً

## Example

> He travelled ostensibly for business.
> او ظاهراً برای کار سفر کرد.

## Word forms

- adjective: ostensible

## Synonyms

apparently, supposedly

## Common phrases

- ostensibly about
- ostensibly to
- ostensibly for

## Related words

- [arbitrary](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/arbitrary): decided by chance or personal choice rather than by reason (C1)
- [bias](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/bias): an unfair preference for or against someone or something (C1)
- [contemplate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/contemplate): to think about something for a long time (C1)
- [discrepancy](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/discrepancy): a difference between things that should be the same (C1)
- [paradox](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/paradox): a situation or statement that seems impossible but may be true (C1)
- [pragmatic](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/pragmatic): dealing with problems in a practical, sensible way (C1)
- [scrutiny](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/scrutiny): careful and detailed examination (C1)
- [analyse](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/analyse): to study something carefully in order to understand it (B2)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/ostensibly