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Ostensible :: Ostensible (a.) Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim..

Real :: Real (a.) True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger..

Pretext :: Pretext (n.) Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.

Ostensibly :: Ostensibly (adv.) In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.

Ostensible :: Ostensible (a.) Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.

Ostensibility :: Ostensibility (n.) The quality or state of being ostensible.

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