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[Adjective] | "os*ten*sive" | \ ä-ˈsten(t)-siv \
1: ostensible
2: of, relating to, or constituting definition by exemplifying the thing or quality being defined
Origin: 1782 ;
Borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French ostensif, ostensive "showing, exhibiting," borrowed from Late Latin ostensīvus "demonstrative, direct," from Latin ostensus, past participle of ostendere "to hold out for inspection, show, demonstrate" + -īvus {see: |-ive|-ive} {mat|ostensible|};
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[Adjective] | "ostensive"
1: appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed;
* e.g., " ... the ostensive purpose of his visit was to discuss the terms of his will "
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[ "ostensible" ]
1: appearing as such but not necessarily so
* e.g., ... the second horse was the ostensible winner
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[ "ostensibly" ]
1: Outwardly, Supposedly. The most likely assumption
* e.g., ... The ostensibly heterosexual man keeps threatening to shove things up his co-workers asses. The No Child Left Behind Act is ostensibly for improving education.
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[ "ostensible" ]
1: Some fake ass BS that a poseur fronts to pass themself off as more than just a tosser.
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[ "ostensible layer" ]
1: an unfortunate and rather concrete layer of reality created as a coincidental byproduct of ambiguity in communication through an inadequately defined, poorly understood, and intentionally abused sub/urban vernacular.
* e.g., ... on the ostensible layer, me & that ho are not together; however we still live together, have sex, and are engaged to be married next june.
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