All 3 Uses of
ostensibly
in
Emma
- His ostensible reason, however, was to ask whether Mr. Woodhouse's party could be made up in the evening without him, or whether he should be in the smallest degree necessary at Hartfield.†
Chpt 1.9-10 *
- The word was blunder; and as Harriet exultingly proclaimed it, there was a blush on Jane's cheek which gave it a meaning not otherwise ostensible.†
Chpt 3.5-6
- —I cannot deny that Miss Woodhouse was my ostensible object—but I am sure you will believe the declaration, that had I not been convinced of her indifference, I would not have been induced by any selfish views to go on.†
Chpt 3.13-14
Definition:
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(ostensibly) appearing as such, but not so (sometimes only possibly not so)