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ostensibly
adverb
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ɒˈstɛn.sɪ.bli
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adverb
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“Irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land”
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Irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
The child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
{'source': 'Thomas Hardy', 'text': 'had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it'}
On the face of it the problem seems minor
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