 on_the_face_of_it |
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| 1. | [ adverb ] from appearances alone | |
| Synonyms: | apparently seemingly ostensibly | |
| Examples: | "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land" "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned" "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy |
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| Related terms: | apparent apparent ostensible apparent ostensible | |
| Similar spelling: |
on_the_far_side on_the_average |
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