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: shown outwardly : apparent

Example sentence:
No one is sure of Walter's real job at the company, but his ostensible duties included sorting the mail and wandering from room to room looking for messages to deliver.

Etymology:
"Illusory," "seeming," and "ostensible" all mean not actually being what appearances indicate. "Ostensible" suggests a difference between an admitted aim or reason and a hidden one ("The errand provided an ostensible reason for walking by her house, but he really meant to see her"). "Illusory" implies a false impression based on a mistaken observation or by emotions that blur a view of a situation ("The house gave off an illusory sense of wealth"). "Seeming" suggests that a character of something gives it a different appearance ("The seeming simplicity of the music was overthrown by deeper study of the symphony").