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How to pronounce “ostensibly”
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Pronunciation guide for ostensibly
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ostensibly with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Bikes and Bloomers: Victorian Women Inventors...
And it's ostensibly about Victorian engineering,
- Definition summary
- (modal) Seemingly, apparently, on the surface; supposedly, according to representations or implications made by someone (especially when their motives are suspected by others).
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How to pronounce ostensibly
Bikes and Bloomers: Victorian Women Inventors...
And it's ostensibly about Victorian engineering,
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Meaning
- [Adverb]
- (modal) Seemingly, apparently, on the surface; supposedly, according to representations or implications made by someone (especially when their motives are suspected by others).
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