āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
ostensible
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ostensible
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ, āĻāĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤
appearing or stated to be true or real, but potentially deceptive or misleading
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The ostensible purpose of the meeting was to discuss new business strategies, but much of the time was spent gossiping.
āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She gave an ostensible smile, though she felt uneasy.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
ostensibly
ostensible
ostens
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
