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(ä sten′siv)

adjective

directly pointing out; clearly demonstrative
ostensible (sense )

Origin: Fr ostensif < ML ostensivus

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ostensively adverb

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adjective

Seeming or professed; ostensible.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin ostēnsīvus

Origin: , from Latin ostēnsus

Origin: , past participle of ostendere, to show; see ostensible

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os·tenˈsive·ly adverb

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