Usage examples (34)

• The ostensible purpose of the parade was to celebrate the day, but the prolific political posters made it clear it was part of a campaign.
• His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity
• They have exercised the right to determine from the circumstances whether the ostensible was the real destination.
• By these we mean the introducing houses, such as ostensible millinery establishments and the like in fashionable but retired streets, where ladies meet their lovers.