Both Uses of
ostensibly
in
The Age of Innocence
- The ostensible reason of his appearance was the discovery, the very night before, of a "perfect little house," not in the market, which was really just the thing for her, but would be snapped up instantly if she didn't take it; and he was loud in mock-reproaches for the dance she had led him in running away just as he had found it.†
Chpt 15
- It was only at an entertainment ostensibly offered to a "foreign visitor" that Mrs. van der Luyden could suffer the diminution of being placed on her host's left.†
Chpt 33 *
Definition:
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(ostensibly) appearing as such, but not so (sometimes only possibly not so)