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Ostensive

adjective
1.
Manifestly demonstrative.
2.
Represented or appearing as such; pretended.  Synonym: ostensible.



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"Ostensive" Quotes from Famous Books



... should pass," said Mrs Delvile, "you were thinking only of me? I have always observed, that where one scheme answers two purposes, the ostensive is never the ...
— Cecilia vol. 3 - Memoirs of an Heiress • Frances (Fanny) Burney (Madame d'Arblay)
... Shloumi was rich in devices. Had he not even for months flaunted a crimson cap in the eye of Christendom, and had he not when at last brought before the Caporioni, pleaded that this was merely an ostensive sample of the hats he was selling, his true yellow hat being unintentionally hidden beneath? But Giuseppe de' Franchi rejoiced at the sight of ...
— Dreamers of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill


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