seeming or stated to be real or true, when this is perhaps not the case synonym apparent The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.
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NAmE//ɑˈstɛnsəbli//
adverb Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.See ostensible in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: ostensible