SAT vocabulary
Ostensibly
Apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually.
Example
"Ostensibly, the meeting was to discuss budget cuts, but it soon devolved into a heated argument about strategy."
Etymology
From Latin ostendere 'to show,' from ob- 'before' + tendere 'to stretch'.
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