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ostensibility

ostensibility noun: the quality of being ostensible.

Noun

ostensibility (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being ostensible.

Questions about ostensibility

What does ostensibility mean?
Ostensibility means the quality of being ostensible.
What part of speech is ostensibility?
Ostensibility is a noun.

Words near ostensibility in the dictionary

  1. ostended
  2. Ostender
  3. Ostenders
  4. ostending
  5. ostends
  6. ostensibility
  7. ostensible
  8. ostensibly
  9. ostension
  10. ostensions
  11. ostensive

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