Ostensibly Meaning, Definitions, Synonyms & Antonyms

Ostensibly [o-sten-suh-buh-lee]

ADVERB

Example

“I had to quit the job, ostensibly because of being physically unfit.”

“I called my mother, ostensibly, to thank her for the cookies.”

Synonyms

Apparently, Evidently, Presumably

Antonyms

Improbably, Obscurely, Unlikely, Externally, Outwardly, Visibly, Believably