All 3 Uses of
ostensibly
in
Leaves of Grass
- These ostensible realities, politics, points?†
Chpt 2 *
- The singers of successive hours of centuries may have ostensible names, but the name of each of them is one of the singers, The name of each is, eye-singer, ear-singer, head-singer, sweet-singer, night-singer, parlor-singer, love-singer, weird-singer, or something else.†
Chpt 9
- The earth does not exhibit itself nor refuse to exhibit itself, possesses still underneath, Underneath the ostensible sounds, the august chorus of heroes, the wail of slaves, Persuasions of lovers, curses, gasps of the dying, laughter of young people, accents of bargainers, Underneath these possessing words that never fall.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(ostensibly) appearing as such, but not so (sometimes only possibly not so)